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Equus (Dolichohippus) grevyi (Grevy's zebra)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae

Taxonomy
Equus grevyi was named by Oustalet (1882). It is extant.

It was recombined as Dolichohippus grevyi by Heller (1912); it was recombined as Equus (Dolichohippus) grevyi by Skinner (1972).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1882Equus grevyi Oustalet
1912Dolichohippus grevyi Heller
1972Equus (Dolichohippus) grevyi Skinner
1982Equus grevyi van den Brink

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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
classMammalia
RankNameAuthor
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Panperissodactyla
superorderPerissodactylamorpha
orderPerissodactyla()
superfamilyEquoidea
familyEquidae
subfamilyEquinae
tribeEquini
genusEquus
subgenusDolichohippus
speciesgrevyi(Oustalet 1882)

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 (Dolichohippus) grevyi Oustalet 1882 [Grevy's zebra]
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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: Nowak 1999, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Calabrian to the top of the Holocene or 1.80000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Piacenzian - Calabrian3.6 - 0.774Kenya Equus grevyi (21490)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.588 - 0.774Kenya Equus grevyi (21445)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Kenya Equus grevyi (21843 21963 38039)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Kenya Equus grevyi (21368 21403 21493 21520 21527)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Kenya Equus grevyi (21276 21277)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Kenya (Athi-Kapiti) Equus grevyi (32126)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Kenya (Athi-Kapiti plains) Equus grevyi (32115)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Kenya (Athi-Kapiti Plains) Equus grevyi (32090 32113)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Kenya Equus grevyi (21487)