Equus francisci Hay 1915 (horse)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae

Alternative combinations: Asinus francisci, Haringtonhippus francisci

Synonyms: Equus (Asinus) calobatus Troxell 1915, Equus (Hemionus) calobatus Troxell 1915, Equus arrelanoi Mooser 1958, Equus quinni Slaughter et al. 1962

Full reference: O. P. Hay. 1915. Contributions to the knowledge of the mammals of the Pleistocene of North America. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 48(2086):515-575

Belongs to Equus according to C. I. BarrĂ³n-Ortiz et al. 2019

See also Dalquest 1979, Dalquest and Hughes 1965, Dalquest and Schultz 1992, Harris 1993, Heintzman et al. 2017, Hibbard and Taylor 1960, Hulbert 1995, Kurten and Anderson 1980, Lundelius and Stevens 1970, Lundelius 1972, Lundelius 1984, MacFadden 1998, Morgan and Rinehart 2007, Quinn 1955, Quinn 1957, Schultz 1990, Skinner and Hibbard 1972, Slaughter 1966, Slaughter et al. 1962, Troxell 1915 and Winans 1989

Sister taxa: Equus (Amerhippus), Equus (Asinus) cumminsi, Equus (Hemionus), Equus (Hesperohippus), Equus (Parastilidequus), Equus (Sussemionus), Equus africanus, Equus alaskae, Equus asinus, Equus australis, Equus caballus, Equus calobatus, Equus capensis, Equus cedralensis, Equus coliemensis, Equus complicatus, Equus conversidens, Equus eisenmannae, Equus excelsus, 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

Type specimens:

  • Equus francisci: TAMU 2518, a partial skeleton
  • Equus (Asinus) calobatus: YPM 13470, a limb element (left metatarsal). Its type locality is head of Rock Creek, Mayfield Ranch, which is in an Irvingtonian terrestrial horizon in the Tule Formation of Texas.
  • Equus arrelanoi:
  • Equus quinni:

Ecology: ground dwelling grazer

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Mexico (2 collections), United States (2: New Mexico, Texas)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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