| Equini | |
|---|---|
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| Przewalski's horse | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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
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
- 1 2 Paleobiology Database: Equini basic info.
- ↑ B. J. MacFadden. 1998. Equidae. In C. M. Janis, K. M. Scott, and L. L. Jacobs (eds.), Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America
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