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Equus (genus)

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Equus
Temporal range: 5.33–0 Ma
Pliocene tae recent[1]
Clockwise (frae tap left): kiang (E. kiang), Przewalski's horse (E. ferus przewalskii), Grévy's zebra (E. grevyi), domestic horse (E. f. caballus), onager (E. hemionus), plains zebra (E. quagga), ass (E. africanus asinus) an muntain zebra (E. zebra)
Scientific classification e
Kinrick: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Cless: Mammalia
Order: Perissodactyla
Faimily: Equidae
Genus: Equus
Linnaeus, 1758
Species

E. africanusAfrican wild ass
E. feruswild horse
E. grevyiGrévy's zebra
E. hemionusonager
E. kiangkiang
E. quaggaplains zebra
E. zebramuntain zebra

Equus is a genus o mammals in the faimily Equidae, which includes horse, asses, an zebras. Within Equidae, Equus is the anly recognized extant genus, comprisin seiven livin species.

References

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  1. "Fossilworks: Equus". Archived frae the original on 5 Julie 2019. Retrieved 19 Julie 2019.