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Equus Linnaeus, 1758

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
GENUS
Published in
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em>

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Mammalia
order
Perissodactyla
family
Equidae
genus
Equus

Name

Synonyms
Allohippus Kretzoi, 1938
Allozebra Trumler, 1961
Asinohippus Trumler, 1961
Asinus Brisson, 1762
Asinus Gray, 1824
Caballus Rafinesque, 1815
Equus semiplicatus (Cope, 1893)
Grevya Hilzheimer, 1912
Hemiomus Seeley, 1899
Hemionus F.Cuvier, 1823
Hemippus Dietrich, 1959
Hipparion princeps (Leidy, 1890)
Hippotherium princeps (Leidy, 1890)
Hippotigris Smith, 1841
Ludolphozecora Griffini, 1913
Megacephalon Hilzheimer, 1912
Megacephalonella Strand, 1943
Microhippus Matschie, 1922
Neohipparion princeps (Leidy, 1890)
Neohippus Abel, 1913
Homonyms
Equus Linnaeus, 1758
Common names
Horse in English
Horses in English
Horses in English
Horses in English
Horses in English
horse in English

Bibliographic References

  1. Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner, 1987: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. Resource Publication, no. 166. 79.
  2. Groves, C. P., and Catherine H. Bell, 2004: New investigations on the taxonomy of the zebras genus Equus, subgenus Hippotigris. Mammalian Biology, vol. 69, no. 3. 182-196.
  3. Groves, Colin, and Peter Grubb, 2011: null. Ungulate Taxonomy. ix + 317.
  4. International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 271 Addition to the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology of the generic names Equus Linnaeus, 1758 (class Mammalia) and Aica Linnaeus, 1758 (class Aves) (Opinion supplementary to Opinion 16).Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 6(3), 41-50 (1954)
  5. Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. 10th edition. Laurentius Salvius, Holmiae, 824 pp.
  6. Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p.
  7. Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library].
  8. Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library].
  9. Rees, T. (compiler) . (2025). The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera. Available from https://www.irmng.org at VLIZ. Accessed YYYY-MM-DD.
  10. SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997
  11. SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997, PaleoDB
  12. Wilson & Reeder (2005) Mammal Species of the World. A taxonomic and geographic reference
  13. Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (editors). (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd Ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. 2,142 pp.
  14. Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (editors). (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd Ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. 2,142 pp.
  15. Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 1992: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. xviii + 1207.
  16. Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 2005: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2. 2000.
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