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Equus africanus (African wild ass)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae

Taxonomy
Asinus africanus was named by Heuglin and Fitzinger (1866) [lectotype designated by Groves and Smeenk 2007]. It is extant. Its type specimen is MNS 32026.

It was recombined as Equus asinus africanus by Lydekker (1904); it was recombined as Equus africanus by Matschie (1894), Beja-Pereira et al. (2004) and Groves and Smeenk (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1866Asinus africanus Heuglin and Fitzinger
1894Equus africanus Matschie
1904Equus asinus africanus Lydekker
2004Equus africanus Beja-Pereira et al. p. 1781
2007Equus 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
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
speciesafricanus(Heuglin 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 Heuglin and Fitzinger 1866 [African wild ass]
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Equus africanus africanus Heuglin and Fitzinger 1866 [Nubian wild ass]
Equus africanus somaliensis Noack 1884 [Somali wild ass]
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Invalid names: Equus africanus somalicus Sclater 1884 [synonym]
Invalid names: Asinus asinus dianae Dollman 1935 [synonym]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available