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Equus africanus africanus (Nubian wild ass)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1866Equus africanus africanus Heuglin and Fitzinger
1935Asinus asinus dianae Dollman
2004Equus africanus africanus Beja-Pereira et al. p. 1781
2007Equus africanus africanus Groves and Smeenk p. 121

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Euungulata
Panperissodactyla
superorderPerissodactylamorpha
orderPerissodactyla()
superfamilyEquoidea
familyEquidae
subfamilyEquinae
tribeEquini
genusEquus
speciesafricanus(Heuglin and Fitzinger 1866)
subspeciesafricanusHeuglin and Fitzinger 1866

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Equus africanus africanus Heuglin and Fitzinger 1866 [Nubian wild ass]
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Asinus asinus dianae Dollman 1935
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingg
Diet: grazerg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-31 14:57:30
Modified: 2009-01-04 13:02:31
Source: g = genus, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988
Collections
No collection or age range data are available