Equini
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| Przewalski's horse | |
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| Skeleton of Hippidion | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Perissodactyla |
| Family: | Equidae |
| Subfamily: | Equinae |
| Tribe: | Equini Quinn, 1955 |
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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]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
[edit]- ^ a b "Paleobiology Database: Equini basic info". Archived from the original on 2012-10-13. Retrieved 2009-08-03.
- ^ 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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