Equus caballus
(Domestic Horse, Feral Horse, Horse, Horse (Feral), Przewalski's Wild Horse, Wild Horse)Taxonomy
- Domain: Eukaryota
Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Animalia
Linnaeus, 1758 - Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
- Subkingdom: Bilateria
(Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
- Branch: Deuterostomia
Grobben, 1908 - Deuterostomes
- Infrakingdom: Chordonia
(Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum: Chordata
Bateson, 1885 - Chordates
- Subphylum: Vertebrata
Cuvier, 1812 - Vertebrates
- Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
auct. - Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass: Tetrapoda
Goodrich, 1930 - Tetrapods
- Class: Mammalia
Linnaeus, 1758 - Mammals
- Subclass: Theriiformes
(Rowe, 1988) McKenna & Bell, 1997:vii,36
- Infraclass: Holotheria
(Wible et al., 1995) McKenna & Bell, 1997:vii,43
- Superlegion: Trechnotheria
McKenna, 1975
- Legion: Cladotheria
McKenna, 1975
- Sublegion: Zatheria
McKenna, 1975
- Infralegion: Tribosphenida
(McKenna, 1975) McKenna & Bell, 1997:vii,48
- Supercohort: Theria
(Parker & Haswell, 1897) McKenna & Bell, 1997:viii,49 - Therians
- Cohort: Placentalia
(Owen, 1837) McKenna & Bell, 1997:viii,80 - Placentals
- Superorder: Preptotheria
(McKenna, 1975) McKenna in Stucky & McKenna in Benton, ed., 1993:7
- Grandorder: Ungulata
(un-goo-LAH-tuh)
(Linnaeus, 1766) McKenna, 1975:41
- Mirorder: Altungulata
(Prothero & Schoch, 1989) McKenna & Bell, 1997:ix,468
- Order: Perissodactyla
Owen, 1848 - Odd-Toed Ungulates
- Suborder: Hippomorpha
Wood, 1937
- Family: Equidae
Gray, 1821 - Horses, Zebras, and Asses
- Subfamily: Bovinae
- Tribe: Bovini
- Genus: Equus
Linnaeus, 1758 - Horses
- Subgenus: Hippotigris
- Specific name: caballus Equine papillomavirus – 1 [AF498323] Equus caballus papillomavirus – 1
- Scientific name: Equine papillomavirus – 1 [AF498323] Equus caballus papillomavirus – 1
- Specific name: caballus Equine papillomavirus – 1 [AF498323] Equus caballus papillomavirus – 1
- Subgenus: Hippotigris
- Genus: Equus
Linnaeus, 1758 - Horses
- Tribe: Bovini
- Subfamily: Bovinae
- Family: Equidae
Gray, 1821 - Horses, Zebras, and Asses
- Suborder: Hippomorpha
Wood, 1937
- Order: Perissodactyla
Owen, 1848 - Odd-Toed Ungulates
- Mirorder: Altungulata
(Prothero & Schoch, 1989) McKenna & Bell, 1997:ix,468
- Grandorder: Ungulata
(un-goo-LAH-tuh)
(Linnaeus, 1766) McKenna, 1975:41
- Superorder: Preptotheria
(McKenna, 1975) McKenna in Stucky & McKenna in Benton, ed., 1993:7
- Cohort: Placentalia
(Owen, 1837) McKenna & Bell, 1997:viii,80 - Placentals
- Supercohort: Theria
(Parker & Haswell, 1897) McKenna & Bell, 1997:viii,49 - Therians
- Infralegion: Tribosphenida
(McKenna, 1975) McKenna & Bell, 1997:vii,48
- Sublegion: Zatheria
McKenna, 1975
- Legion: Cladotheria
McKenna, 1975
- Superlegion: Trechnotheria
McKenna, 1975
- Infraclass: Holotheria
(Wible et al., 1995) McKenna & Bell, 1997:vii,43
- Subclass: Theriiformes
(Rowe, 1988) McKenna & Bell, 1997:vii,36
- Class: Mammalia
Linnaeus, 1758 - Mammals
- Superclass: Tetrapoda
Goodrich, 1930 - Tetrapods
- Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
auct. - Jawed Vertebrates
- Subphylum: Vertebrata
Cuvier, 1812 - Vertebrates
- Phylum: Chordata
Bateson, 1885 - Chordates
- Infrakingdom: Chordonia
(Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Branch: Deuterostomia
Grobben, 1908 - Deuterostomes
- Subkingdom: Bilateria
(Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
- Kingdom: Animalia
Linnaeus, 1758 - Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
Notes:
Name Status: Accepted Name. Latest taxonomic scrutiny: de Villiers E.M., Bernard H.U., Broker T., Delius H., zur Hausen H., 01-Oct-2005
Physical Description
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Distribution
Range and Population
Australia, Caribbean, Europe & Northern Asia (excluding China), North America, Oceania, South America, Southern Asia
Australia
Similar Species
Members of the genus Equus:
There are approximately 153 species and subspecies in this genus. Here are just 100 of them: E. africanus (African Ass) · E. africanus africanus (Nubian Wild Ass) · E. africanus somaliensis (Somalia Wild Ass) · E. algericus · E. altidens · E. aluticus · E. andium · E. antiquus · E. apolloniensis · E. asinus (African Wild Ass) · E. asinus africanus · E. asinus asinus · E. asinus atlanticus · E. asinus somalicus · E. athanasiui · E. bautistensis · E. bressanus · E. burchelli (Common Zebra) · E. burchelli antiquorum (Demara Zebra) · E. burchelli boehmi (Grant's Zebra) · E. burchelli bohmi · E. burchelli burchelli (Burchell's Zebra) · E. burchelli chapmani (Chapman's Zebra) · E. burchelli chapmanni · E. burchelli crawshayi (Crawshay's Zebra) · E. burchelli grantii · E. burchelli selousii · E. burchelli wahlbergi · E. burchelli zambeziensis (Upper Zambezi Zebra) · E. burchellii (Burchell's Zebra) · E. burchellii antiquorum · E. burchellii boehmi · E. burchellii bohmi · E. burchellii burchellii · E. burchellii chapmani · E. burchellii chapmanni · E. burchellii crawshaii · E. burchellii crawshayi · E. burchellii granti · E. burchellii selousii · E. burchellii transvalensis · E. burtchelli · E. burtchelli (Domestic Horse) · E. caballus caballus · E. caballus domesticus · E. caballus ferus · E. caballus gmelini · E. caballus przewalskii (Horse) · E. caballus robustus · E. caballus silvaticus · E. calobatus · E. capensis · E. colabatus · E. complicatus · E. conversidens · E. crinidens · E. cumminsi · E. cumminsii · E. curvidens · E. enormis · E. E. · E. E. caballus · E. excelsens · E. excelsus · E. ferus (And Asses) · E. ferus przewalskii (Mongolian Wild Horse) · E. fossilis · E. fraternus · E. fromanius · E. germanicus · E. giganteus · E. gravi · E. grevyi (Grevy's Zebra) · E. grevyi berberensis · E. guagga · E. helmei · E. hemionus (Asian Wild Ass) · E. hemionus anatoliensis · E. hemionus hemionus (Dziggetai) · E. hemionus hemippus · E. hemionus himippus · E. hemionus khur (Indian Wild Ass) · E. hemionus khurr · E. hemionus kulan (Kulan) · E. hemionus luteus (Dziggetai) · E. hemionus onager (Onager) · E. hemippus · E. hipparionoides · E. hippotigris zebra · E. hydruntinus · E. idahoensis · E. insulatus · E. johnstoni · E. kiang (Kiang) · E. kiang holdereri (Eastern Kiang) · E. kiang kiang (Western Kiang) · E. kiang polyodon (Southern Kiang) · E. koobiforensis · E. kuhni · E. lambei
Bibliography
- Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes 2003. Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada.
- 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. United States Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service. Washington, D.C., USA. 79.
- Peter Grubb: Status: CITES - Appendix I and U.S. ESA - Endangered as Equus przewalskii; IUCN - Extinct? as E. przewalskii
- Volf, J.1990.Przewalski's wild horse and domestic horses.In Grzimek's Encyclopedia of Mammals.Edited by S. P. Parker. New York: McGraw-Hill. Volume 4, pp. 594-596.
- Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. 1993. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. Smithsonian Institution Press. Washington, DC, USA. xviii + 1207. ISBN: 1-56098-217-9.
- Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole 2000. Common Names of Mammals of the World. Smithsonian Institution Press. Washington, DC, USA. xiv + 204. ISBN: 1-56098-383-3.
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Notes
Contributors:
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed November 12, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 23 providers.
- The Universal Virus database of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses 2005.
Data Sources:
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 12, 2007:
- Berkeley Natural History Museums, University of California Museum of Paleontology DiGIR provider
- Borror Laboratory of Bioacoustics, Borror Laboratory of Bioacoustics
- Field Museum, Mammal specimens
- Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, Vertebrate specimens
- Marine Science Institute, UCSB, Paleobiology Database
- Michigan State University Museum, Vertebrate specimens
- Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
- OZCAM
- Provider, Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums
- Royal Ontario Museum, Mammal specimens
- Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Santa Barbara Musem of Natural History
- University of Alaska Museum of the North, University of Alaska Museum Mammal Collection
- University of Alaska Museum of the North, University of New Mexico Division of Genomic Resources Mammal Collection
- University of Alaska Museum of the North, University of New Mexico Museum of Southwestern Biology Mammal Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Zoology
- , Mammal specimens
- University of Minnesota Bell Museum of Natural History, Mammal specimens
Identifiers:
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 180691
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13808271
- Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: AMATA01010
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 131634
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