Equini
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| Equini | |
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| File:Przewalskis horse 02.jpg | |
| Przewalski's horse | |
| File:Hippidion 23.JPG | |
| Skeleton of Hippidion | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Perissodactyla |
| Family: | Equidae |
| Subfamily: | Equinae |
| Tribe: | Equini Quinn, 1955 |
| Genera | |
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Equini is the only living tribe of the subfamily Equinae, which has lived worldwide (except Australia) since the Hemingfordian stage of the Middle Miocene (16–0 mya).[1] It is considered to be a monophyletic clade.[2]
Taxonomy
[edit | edit source]Tribe: Equini
- Genus: † Astrohippus
- Genus: † Calippus
- Genus: † Dinohippus
- Genus: Equus – living horses, asses, and zebras
- Genus: † Haringtonhippus North America extinct. c. 11,000 years ago
- Genus: † Hippidion South America extinct. c. 11,000 years ago
- Genus: † Onohippidium
- Genus: † Pliohippus
- Genus: † Protohippus
References
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