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Equus simplicidens, also known as the Hagerman horse is an extinct species of equine native to North America during the Pliocene and Early Pleistocene. [1] It is one of the oldest and most primitive members of the genus Equus. It is the state fossil of Idaho, where abundant remains of the species were discovered near the town of Hagerman in 1928.
Wild horse Temporal range: earliest Middle Pleistocene -Recent 0.8–0 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ Top left: Equus ferus caballus (horses) Top right: Equus ferus przewalskii (Przewalski's horse) Below left: Equus ferus ferus † (tarpan) Below right: Equus ferus fossil from 9100 BC Conservation status Endangered (IUCN 3.1) Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom ...
Equus (/ ˈ ɛ k w ə s, ˈ iː k w ə s /) [3] is a genus of mammals in the family Equidae, which includes horses, asses, and zebras. Within the Equidae, Equus is the only recognized extant genus, comprising seven living species.
Equus niobrarensis (or commonly, Niobrara horse) [5] is an extinct species of Equus, the genus that includes the horse. E. niobrarensis may be synonymous with Equus scotti. [4] It was "stout-legged" and belonged to the "big horses" category as defined by M. C. Winans. [4] The skull of the horse was noted as being broader than Equus caballus. [6]
Przewalski's horse (/(p) ʃ ə ˈ v ɑː l s k iː z, ˌ p ɜːr ʒ ə-/ (p)shə-VAHL-skeez, PUR-zhə-; [3] Russian: [prʐɨˈvalʲskʲɪj] (Пржевальский); Polish: [pʂɛˈvalskʲi]; Equus ferus przewalskii or Equus przewalskii [4]), also called the takhi (Mongolian: Тахь), [5] Mongolian wild horse or Dzungarian horse, is a rare and endangered horse originally native to the ...
The horse (Equus ferus caballus) [2] [3] is a domesticated, one-toed, hoofed mammal. It belongs to the taxonomic family Equidae and is one of two extant subspecies of Equus ferus. The horse has evolved over the past 45 to 55 million years from a small multi-toed creature, Eohippus, into the large, single-toed
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The discovery of this subspecies followed the examination of horse bones found at Solutré and recovered by Jean Combier. Noting differences in morphology associated with different dating (suggesting different species or subspecies among these fossils), François Prat and Combier postulated the existence of two differentiated types of horse on this site: Equus caballus gallicus and Equus ...