Merychippus

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Merychippus

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Author: Moondawg

Keywords: extinct animals

Release Date: Oct 27, 2008
Current MerychippusMD_2008.ztd dated 26 October 2008

File Size: 677.15k

Compatibility: All Game Versions

Description: Merychippus is a proto-horse that lived between 17 and 11 million years ago in the Miocene period.
It had three toes on each foot and is the first horse known to have grazed. Its name means "ruminant horse", but it is not now thought that Merychippus ruminated.
Merychippus lived in herds. It was about twelve hands (48 inches) tall; at the time it was the tallest equine to have existed. The muzzle was longer, the jaw deeper, and the eyes wider apart than any other horse-like animal to date. The brain was also much larger, making it smarter and more agile. Merychippus was the first equine to have the distinctive head of today's horses. The foot was fully supported by ligaments, and the middle toe developed into a hoof, which did not have a pad on the bottom. In some Merychippus species, the side toes were larger, whereas in others, they had become smaller and only touched the ground when running. Its teeth were like those of Parahippus (the extra crest that was variable in Miohippus was permanent in Merychippus, and the other teeth were beginning to form a series of tall crests with higher crowns).

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Additional info:

MerychippusMD_2008.ztd                                       uca: 4F66B2FB dated 26 October 2008

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4f66b2fb.uca date: Sun Oct 26 20:23:32 2008
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Animal Type: 4F66B2FB

Merychippus

It had three toes on each foot and is the first horse known to have grazed.
Its name means "ruminant horse", but it is not now thought that Merychippus
ruminated.
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Animal Characteristics:

Habitat: Coniferous Forest; Location: China; Era: Ice Age
Minimum happiness needed for chance of breeding: 96.
Animal can jump.
Animal can climb cliffs.
Cannot be used in original Zoo Tycoon: cKeeperFoodType (8) is not 0 to 5.

Exhibit Preferences:

Foliage:
Lodgepole Pine Tree, Fir Tree, Pine Tree, Yew Tree, Spruce Tree
Yellow Cedar Tree, Western Red Cedar Tree, Chinese Fir Tree, Pine Bush
Club Moss Shrub (DD), Walchian Conifer Tree (DD), Dawn Redwood Tree (DD)
Lepidodendron Tree (DD), Norfolk Island Pine Tree (DD)

Rocks:
Large Rock, Small Rock - Medium, Small Rock - Small
Coniferous Forest Rock - Formation, Medium Coniferous Rock (DD)

Exhibit Construction:

Number of animals allowed per exhibit: 3-20 with 15 squares for each adult.

Exhibit size (for 3 adults): 45 grid squares

Terrain (for exhibit with 45 grid squares):
31 Coniferous Floor, 5 Dirt, 2 Fresh Water, 7 Grass

Foliage (for exhibit with 45 grid squares):
3 grid squares should contain foliage.
Foliage that would give the most happiness: Norfolk Island Pine Tree (DD)
Since this is a small plant, greatest happiness will occur
if each of the 3 grid squares contains 4 of this plant.

Rocks (for exhibit with 45 grid squares):
4 Small Rock - Small, which is its most liked rock.

Elevation: Of the 45 squares, 1 nonadjacent squares should be elevated.