Biology:Equini

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Short description: Extinct tribe of mammals

Equini
Temporal range: 15.97–0 Ma
Middle Miocene to present[1]
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Przewalski's horse
Scientific classification e
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

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Paleobiology Database: Equini basic info.
  2. B. J. MacFadden. 1998. Equidae. In C. M. Janis, K. M. Scott, and L. L. Jacobs (eds.), Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America

Wikidata ☰ Q5384516 entry