Equus caballus Linnaeus 1758 (horse)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae

Synonyms: Equus (Amerhippus) neogeus Lund 1840, Equus asinus hippagrus Smith 1841, Equus curvidens Owen 1845, Equus hippagrus Smith 1841, Equus neogaeus Lund 1840, Equus rectidens Gervais and Ameghino 1880, Hipphaplus bravardi Ameghino 1889, Hippidium neogaeum Lund 1840

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824

Belongs to Equus according to J. H. Quinn 1957

See also Alberdi and Prado 1993, Boule and De Villeneuve 1927, Gidley 1901, Groves and Smeenk 2007, Hay 1902, Leidy 1847, Linnaeus 1758, Lydekker 1894, Oliver Schneider 1926, Orlando et al. 2008, Pardiñas and Barbière 2018, Quinn 1955, Rincón et al. 2006, Thomas 1911, Wilson and Reeder 2005 and Zurita et al. 2004

Sister taxa: Equus (Amerhippus), Equus (Asinus) cumminsi, Equus (Hemionus), Equus (Hesperohippus), Equus (Parastilidequus), Equus (Sussemionus), Equus africanus, Equus alaskae, Equus asinus, Equus australis, Equus calobatus, Equus capensis, Equus cedralensis, Equus coliemensis, Equus complicatus, Equus conversidens, Equus eisenmannae, Equus excelsus, Equus francisci, Equus fraternus, Equus fromanius, Equus giganteus, Equus holmesi, Equus intermedius, Equus jubatus, Equus laurentius, Equus leidyi, Equus mexicanus, Equus nalaikhaensis, Equus nearcticus, Equus nevadanus, Equus niobrarensis, Equus nobisi, Equus parastylidens, Equus pectinatus, Equus przewalskii, Equus pseudaltidens, Equus quagga, Equus sanmeniensis, Equus santaeelenae, Equus semiplicatus, Equus sivalensis, Equus tabeti, Equus taeniopus, Equus yunnanensis, Equus zebra, Hippotherium princeps, Hippotigris stenonis, Hippotigris robustus, Hippotigris grevyi, Asinus africanus, Equus (Asinus) kiang, Onager onager, Equus (Dolichohippus) enormis, Equus (Dolichohippus) grevyi

Subtaxa: Equus caballus ferus

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Ecology: ground dwelling grazer

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Argentina (16 collections), Bolivia (2), Brazil (7), France (9), Germany (2), Greece (5), Israel (3), Italy (11), Kazakhstan (2), Monaco (2), the Netherlands (4), Portugal (2), the Russian Federation (4), Spain (12), Turkey (2), the United Kingdom (5), Uruguay (2)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Italy (1)

• Pliocene of Chile (1)

Total: 92 collections each including a single occurrence

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