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Equus caballus (horse)
Taxonomy
Equus caballus was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.
Subspecies
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1758 | Equus caballus Linnaeus |
| 1840 | Equus neogaeus Lund |
| 1841 | Equus hippagrus Smith p. 294 |
| 1845 | Equus curvidens Owen p. 236 |
| 1847 | Equus curvidens Leidy p. 263 |
| 1880 | Equus rectidens Gervais and Ameghino p. 93 |
| 1889 | Hipphaplus bravardi Ameghino p. 552 |
| 1894 | Equus curvidens Lydekker p. 73 |
| 1894 | Hippidium neogaeum Lydekker p. 75 |
| 1902 | Equus caballus Hay p. 622 |
| 1911 | Equus caballus Thomas p. 154 |
| 1926 | Equus curvidens Oliver Schneider p. 149 |
| 1927 | Equus caballus Boule and De Villeneuve p. 37 |
| 1955 | Equus caballus Quinn p. 58 |
| 1957 | Equus caballus Quinn p. 21 |
| 1963 | Equus asinus hippagrus Schomber |
| 2004 | Equus (Amerhippus) neogeus Zurita et al. |
| 2005 | Equus caballus Wilson and Reeder |
| 2006 | Equus (Amerhippus) neogeus Rincón et al. |
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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 caballus Linnaeus 1758 [horse]
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Equus caballus ferus Boddaert 1785
Invalid names: Equus (Amerhippus) neogeus Lund 1840 [synonym], Equus hippagrus Smith 1841 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Piacenzian to the top of the Holocene or 3.60000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 2.58 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 2.58 Ma
Collections (95 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Pliocene | Chile | Equus curvidens (73842) | |
| Piacenzian - Calabrian | Italy (Basilicata) | Equus caballus (38087) | |
| Gelasian | United Kingdom (England) | Equus caballus (77767) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Netherlands | Equus caballus (189574) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Türkiye | Equus caballus (39314) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Bolivia | Hippidium neogaeum (142016) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | United Kingdom (England) | Equus caballus (77750) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Italy (Tuscany) | Equus caballus (51778) | |
| Pleistocene | Argentina (Santa Fe) | Equus neogeus (232458) | |
| Pleistocene | India | Equus caballus (237975 237976) | |
| Pleistocene | Italy (Puglia) | Equus caballus (44091) | |
| Pleistocene | Greece (Attica) | Equus caballus (182753) | |
| Pleistocene | Argentina (Buenos Aires) | Equus neogeus (232453) | |
| Pleistocene | Greece (Euboea) | Equus caballus (204934) | |
| Pleistocene | Spain (Segovia) | Equus caballus (36452 36517 36518 36523) | |
| Pleistocene | Greece (Chalkidiki) | Equus caballus (183123) | |
| Pleistocene | Israel | Equus caballus (37024 39252) | |
| Quaternary | Italy (Lombardia) | Equus caballus (36376) | |
| Ensenadan | Argentina (Buenos Aires) | Equus neogeus (212780) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Italy (Lazio Region) | Equus caballus (36134) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Spain | Equus caballus (34926) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Türkiye | Equus caballus (43008) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Italy (Verona) | Equus caballus (43664) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Italy (Roma) | Equus caballus (44090) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | France (Pas de Calais) | Equus caballus (49087) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Spain (Soria) | Equus caballus (73757 73759 73760 73761 73763) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Spain (Granada) | Equus caballus (35180) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Kazakhstan | Equus caballus (40496) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | United Kingdom (England) | Equus caballus (77754) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Russian Federation (Respublika Saha (Jakutija)) | Equus caballus (48581) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | United Kingdom (Norfolk) | Equus caballus (49816) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Bolivia (Chuquisaca) | Equus curvidens (70704) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | France (Haute-Garonne) | Equus caballus (49089) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Italy (Trieste) | Equus caballus (43701 43704) Equus marxi (40808) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) | Equus caballus (43018) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Spain (Castilla-Leon) | Equus caballus (34927) | |
| Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | Italy (Trieste) | Equus caballus (43702) | |
| Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | Kazakhstan | Equus caballus (40497) | |
| Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | France (Poitou-Charentes) | Equus caballus (43618) | |
| Middle Pleistocene - Quaternary | Israel | Equus caballus (13490) | |
| Lujanian | Argentina (Buenos Aires) | Equus neogaeus (198875) Equus neogeus (71279 71303) Equus sp. (63337) | |
| Lujanian | Argentina (Cordoba) | Equus neogeus (197916) | |
| Lujanian | Argentina (Chaco) | Equus neogeus (78577 78580) | |
| Lujanian | Uruguay | Equus neogeus (71274 71325) | |
| Lujanian | Argentina (Entre Ríos) | Equus neogeus (203955 203957) | |
| Lujanian | Argentina (Santa Fe) | Equus neogaeus (212353) Equus neogeus (231074) | |
| Lujanian (glacial) | Argentina (Buenos Aires) | Equus curvidens (140934) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) | Equus neogeus (147598 148417) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Portugal (Leiria) | Equus caballus (230380) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Netherlands | Equus caballus (82530) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Brazil (Sergipe) | Equus neogeus (239845) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | France | Equus caballus (43630) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Portugal | Equus caballus (197768) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | United Kingdom (England) | Equus caballus (93828) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Greece (Kilkis) | Equus caballus (207192) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Monaco | Equus caballus (191719 191720) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | France (Poitou-Charentes) | Equus caballus (43619 43628 43629 43631 43632) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Brazil (Piaui) | Equus neogeus (71331 71332 71334) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Greece (Drama) | Equus caballus (204391) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Brazil (Rio Grand do Sul) | Equus neogeus (211308) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | Russian Federation | Equus caballus (79548) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) | Equus caballus (43015) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Russian Federation (Respublika Saha (Jakutija)) | Equus caballus (48587 48592) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Brazil (Rio Grande do Norte) | Equus neogeus (148309) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Argentina (Santiago del Estero) | Equus neogeus (216693) | |
| Holocene | Netherlands | Equus caballus (55533 122115) | |
| Holocene | Italy (Vicenza) | Equus caballus (43690) |