Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Alternative combination: Asinus asinus
Synonym: Asinus africanus aegyptiacus Heuglin and Fitzinger 1866
Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824
Belongs to Equus according to A. Beja-Pereira et al. 2004
See also Groves and Smeenk 2007, Linnaeus 1758 and Thomas 1911
Sister taxa: Equus (Amerhippus), Equus (Asinus) cumminsi, Equus (Hemionus), Equus (Hesperohippus), Equus (Parastilidequus), Equus (Sussemionus), Equus africanus, Equus alaskae, 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 yunnanensis, Equus zebra, Hippotherium princeps, Equus (Dolichohippus) grevyi, Equus (Dolichohippus) enormis, Asinus africanus, Equus (Asinus) kiang, Hippotigris stenonis, Hippotigris grevyi, Hippotigris robustus, Onager onager
Ecology: ground dwelling grazer
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Ecuador (1 collection), Egypt (15), Kenya (1), Morocco (3), Sudan (5)
Total: 25 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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