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The height of a horse is usually measured in "hands", with one hand corresponding to to approximately four inches or ten centimetres.
The height of a horse is usually measured in "hands", with one hand corresponding to to approximately four inches or ten centimetres.
A male horse is called ''stallion''.
==Young Earth Creationist view of origins==
==Young Earth Creationist view of origins==
Creationists reject that ''Hyracotherium'' is a horse at all (it was named by [[Richard Owen]] as being similar to a [[hyrax]], not a horse,<ref name="NonE">Sarfati, Jonathan, [http://creationontheweb.com/content/view/308/ The non-evolution of the horse], ''Creation'' 21(3):28–31, June 1999.</ref> and consider the rest of the so-called ''horse series'' as simply variations within the horse baramin, and not evidence of evolution at all.
Creationists reject that ''Hyracotherium'' is a horse at all (it was named by [[Richard Owen]] as being similar to a [[hyrax]], not a horse,<ref name="NonE">Sarfati, Jonathan, [http://creationontheweb.com/content/view/308/ The non-evolution of the horse], ''Creation'' 21(3):28–31, June 1999.</ref> and consider the rest of the so-called ''horse series'' as simply variations within the horse baramin, and not evidence of evolution at all.
Modern horses have considerable variation, with height varying between four hands and 20 hands, the number of ribs varying between 17 and 19, and some horses having three toes, like some supposed evolutionary ancestors.<ref name="NonE" />
Modern horses have considerable variation, with height varying between four hands and 20 hands, the number of ribs varying between 17 and 19, and some horses having three toes, like some supposed evolutionary ancestors.<ref name="NonE" />
==Evolutionary view of origins==
==Evolutionary view of origins==