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Equus caballus (horse)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Equus caballus Linnaeus
1840Equus neogaeus Lund
1841Equus hippagrus Smith p. 294
1845Equus curvidens Owen p. 236
1847Equus curvidens Leidy p. 263
1880Equus rectidens Gervais and Ameghino p. 93
1889Hipphaplus bravardi Ameghino p. 552
1894Equus curvidens Lydekker p. 73
1894Hippidium neogaeum Lydekker p. 75
1902Equus caballus Hay p. 622
1911Equus caballus Thomas p. 154
1926Equus curvidens Oliver Schneider p. 149
1927Equus caballus Boule and De Villeneuve p. 37
1955Equus caballus Quinn p. 58
1957Equus caballus Quinn p. 21
1963Equus asinus hippagrus Schomber
2004Equus (Amerhippus) neogeus Zurita et al.
2005Equus caballus Wilson and Reeder
2006Equus (Amerhippus) neogeus Rincón et al.

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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
speciescaballus

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

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): 2.588 Ma

Collections (92 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Chile Equus curvidens (73842)
Piacenzian - Calabrian3.6 - 0.774Italy (Basilicata) Equus caballus (38087)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806United Kingdom (England) Equus caballus (77767)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Italy (Tuscany) Equus caballus (51778)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Netherlands Equus caballus (189574)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781United Kingdom (England) Equus caballus (77750)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Bolivia Hippidium neogaeum (142016)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Turkey Equus caballus (39314)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Greece (Attica) Equus caballus (182753)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Argentina (Buenos Aires) Equus neogeus (232453)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Israel Equus caballus (37024 39252)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Greece (Chalkidiki) Equus caballus (183123)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Spain (Segovia) Equus caballus (36452 36517 36518 36523)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Italy (Puglia) Equus caballus (44091)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Greece (Euboea) Equus caballus (204934)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Argentina (Santa Fe) Equus neogeus (232458)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0Italy (Lombardia) Equus caballus (36376)
Ensenadan1.75 - 0.4Argentina (Buenos Aires) Equus neogeus (212780)
Lujanian0.781 - 0.012Argentina (Entre Ríos) Equus neogeus (203955 203957)
Lujanian0.781 - 0.012Argentina (Cordoba) Equus neogeus (197916)
Lujanian0.781 - 0.012Uruguay Equus neogeus (71274 71325)
Lujanian0.781 - 0.012Argentina (Buenos Aires) Equus neogaeus (198875) Equus neogeus (71279 71303) Equus sp. (63337)
Lujanian0.781 - 0.012Argentina (Chaco) Equus neogeus (78577 78580)
Lujanian0.781 - 0.012Argentina (Santa Fe) Equus neogaeus (212353) Equus neogeus (231074)
Lujanian (glacial)0.781 - 0.012Argentina (Buenos Aires) Equus curvidens (140934)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Spain (Castilla-Leon) Equus caballus (34927)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129France (Pas de Calais) Equus caballus (49087)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Turkey Equus caballus (43008)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Italy (Roma) Equus caballus (44090)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129France (Haute-Garonne) Equus caballus (49089)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Italy (Lazio Region) Equus caballus (36134)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom (England) Equus caballus (77754)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Russian Federation (Respublika Saha (Jakutija)) Equus caballus (48581)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Kazakhstan Equus caballus (40496)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Spain (Soria) Equus caballus (73757 73759 73760 73761 73763)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Italy (Verona) Equus caballus (43664)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Italy (Trieste) Equus caballus (43701 43704) Equus marxi (40808)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Bolivia (Chuquisaca) Equus curvidens (70704)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom (Norfolk) Equus caballus (49816)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) Equus caballus (43018)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Spain Equus caballus (34926)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Spain (Granada) Equus caballus (35180)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Kazakhstan Equus caballus (40497)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Italy (Trieste) Equus caballus (43702)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117France (Poitou-Charentes) Equus caballus (43618)
Middle Pleistocene - Quaternary0.774 - 0.0Israel Equus caballus (13490)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Russian Federation Equus caballus (79548)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Brazil (Piaui) Equus neogeus (71331 71332 71334)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) Equus neogeus (147598 148417)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Portugal (Leiria) Equus caballus (230380)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Portugal Equus caballus (197768)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117France Equus caballus (43630)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) Equus caballus (43015)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Russian Federation (Respublika Saha (Jakutija)) Equus caballus (48587 48592)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greece (Kilkis) Equus caballus (207192)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Monaco Equus caballus (191719 191720)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greece (Drama) Equus caballus (204391)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Brazil (Rio Grand do Sul) Equus neogeus (211308)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Netherlands Equus caballus (82530)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117France (Poitou-Charentes) Equus caballus (43619 43628 43629 43631 43632)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (England) Equus caballus (93828)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Argentina (Santiago del Estero) Equus neogeus (216693)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Brazil (Rio Grande do Norte) Equus neogeus (148309)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Italy (Vicenza) Equus caballus (43690)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Netherlands Equus caballus (55533 122115)