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Equus (Hemionus) hemionus (onager)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae

Taxonomy
Equus hemionus was named by Pallas (1775). It is extant.

It was recombined as Hemionus hemionus by Stehlin and Graziosi (1935); it was recombined as Equus (Hemionus) hemionus by Skinner (1972).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1775Equus hemionus Pallas
1935Hemionus hemionus Stehlin and Graziosi
1972Equus (Hemionus) hemionus Skinner p. 123
1980Equus hemionus Kurten and Anderson p. 288

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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
subgenusHemionus(Stehlin and Graziosi 1935)
specieshemionus(Pallas 1775)

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 (Hemionus) hemionus Pallas 1775 [onager]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean

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: Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: base of the Middle Pleistocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.77400 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Israel Equus hemionus (39252)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117India Equus hemionus (237975)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Turkey Equus hemionus (43008)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Syria Equus hemionus (67660)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Czech Republic Equus hemionus (36219)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117India (Gujarat) Equus hemionus (173345)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Russian Federation Equus hemionus (79548)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117India (Madhya Pradesh) Equus hemionus (13461 13462 13463 13464 13465 13466 13467)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117India Equus hemionus (224310)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Israel (Mount Carmel) Equus hemionus (11803)