ʻO ka lio mua, ʻo Hyracotherium

Ua kokoke ʻO Hyracotherium, kahi lio na ka genus o mamakū perissodactyl, ʻo ia hoʻi ka kūpuna like me ka rhinoceros a me ka tapir. ʻO kēia ke kumu, e ʻōlelo, ka lio mua a mākou i ʻike ai.

He holoholona quadruped e noho ana ma nā wahi o ʻAkau ʻAkau, ʻĀkau o ʻEulopa, a me ʻAkau ʻĀkau i ka wā Eocene, e pili ana i ka makahiki e.ma waena o 60 a me 45 miliona mau makahiki i hala. Ua lilo kēia holoholona i loko o ka Oligohippus, a ma hope e ka Merichippus, a laila ka Pliohippus a ʻo ka hope loa ka lio, kahi kaulahao lōʻihi o ka ulu ʻana a hiki i ka mea a mākou i ʻike ai i kēia lā.

He holoholona liʻiliʻi kēia holoholona ma kahi o ka aneane ka nui o ka ʻalopeke, e piʻi ana ma kahi o 35 mau kenimika a kaupaona ma waena o ʻelima a me ʻehiku kilo. Hoʻokomo ʻia ʻekolu mau manamana wāwae ma nā wāwae hope a ʻehā ma nā wāwae mua, a laila pale ʻia e nā ʻūlū, ʻoi aku ka laulā a ʻoi aku o ke kikowaena.

I loko nō o ka ʻokoʻa nui i ka manawa ma waena o ka lio a me ka Hyracotherium, ʻo ka hope i ʻōlelo ʻia ua like loa me kāna moʻopuna i kēia manawa, ʻoiai ko lākou ʻokoʻa kino e like me ka nui. Wahi a kekahi noiʻi, ua noho kēia mau holoholona i loko o nā ululāʻau me nā lāhui he nui aku.

Ua hoʻopili ʻia kona mau niho no ʻai ʻana i nā lau lāʻau palupalu, ʻoiai e kau ana kona mau maka i ka waena konu o kona poʻo, ʻaʻole e ʻae iā ia i kahi ʻike iʻoi aku ka nui, kahi ʻokoʻa i ʻokoʻa loa mai nā lio mai ka mea e pono ai i kāna ʻike i ka pale no ka pale aku. Kohu mea lā ʻo ka Hyracotherium a i ʻole ʻo Eohippus e like me ka mea i ʻike ʻia, ʻaʻole pono kēia ʻano ʻike ʻaoʻao ma muli o ke kaiapuni kahi i noho ai, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o kēlā ʻano camouflage e kipaku aku ai i nā mea ʻino.