Equus yunnanensis Colbert 1940 (horse)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae

Full reference: E. H. Colbert. 1940. Pleistocene mammals from the Ma Kai Valley of northern Yunnan, China. American Museum Novitates 1099:1-10

Belongs to Equus according to E. H. Colbert 1940

Sister taxa: Equus (Amerhippus), Equus (Asinus) cumminsi, Equus (Hemionus), Equus (Hesperohippus), Equus (Parastilidequus), Equus (Sussemionus), Equus africanus, Equus alaskae, Equus asinus, Equus australis, Equus caballus, Equus calobatus, Equus capensis, Equus cedralensis, Equus coliemensis, Equus complicatus, Equus conversidens, Equus eisenmannae, Equus excelsus, Equus francisci, Equus fraternus, Equus fromanius, Equus giganteus, Equus holmesi, Equus intermedius, Equus jubatus, Equus laurentius, Equus leidyi, Equus mexicanus, Equus nalaikhaensis, Equus nearcticus, Equus nevadanus, Equus niobrarensis, Equus nobisi, Equus parastylidens, Equus pectinatus, Equus przewalskii, Equus pseudaltidens, Equus quagga, Equus sanmeniensis, Equus santaeelenae, Equus semiplicatus, Equus sivalensis, Equus tabeti, Equus taeniopus, Equus zebra, Hippotherium princeps, Hippotigris stenonis, Hippotigris robustus, Hippotigris grevyi, Asinus africanus, Equus (Asinus) kiang, Onager onager, Equus (Dolichohippus) enormis, Equus (Dolichohippus) grevyi

Type specimen: AMNH 38960, a set of teeth. Its type locality is Ma Kai Valley, which is in a Pleistocene eolian claystone in China.

Ecology: ground dwelling grazer

Distribution:

• Quaternary of China (4 collections)

• Baodean of China (1)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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