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'''Equini''' is the only living [[tribe (biology)|tribe]] of the horse subfamily [[Equinae]], which has lived worldwide (except Australia) since the [[Hemingfordian]] stage of the [[Middle Miocene]] (16—0 [[Mya (unit)|mya]]).<ref name=:"pbdb">[http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=checkTaxonInfo&taxon_no=65580&is_real_user=1 Paleobiology Database: ''Equini'' basic info.]</ref> It is considered to be a [[monophyletic]] clade.<ref>B. J. MacFadden. 1998. Equidae. In C. M. Janis, K. M. Scott, and L. L. Jacobs (eds.), Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America</ref>
'''Equini''' is the only living [[tribe (biology)|tribe]] of the subfamily [[Equinae]], which has lived worldwide (except Australia) since the [[Hemingfordian]] stage of the [[Middle Miocene]] (16—0 [[Mya (unit)|mya]]).<ref name=:"pbdb">[http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=checkTaxonInfo&taxon_no=65580&is_real_user=1 Paleobiology Database: ''Equini'' basic info.]</ref> It is considered to be a [[monophyletic]] clade.<ref>B. J. MacFadden. 1998. Equidae. In C. M. Janis, K. M. Scott, and L. L. Jacobs (eds.), Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America</ref>


==Taxonomy==
==Taxonomy==

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Equini
Temporal range: 15.97–0 Ma Middle Miocene to present[1]
Przewalski's horse
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Perissodactyla
Family: Equidae
Subfamily: Equinae
Tribe: Equini
Quinn, 1955
Genera

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Equini is the only living tribe of the subfamily Equinae, which has lived worldwide (except Australia) since the Hemingfordian stage of the Middle Miocene (16—0 mya).[1] It is considered to be a monophyletic clade.[2]

Taxonomy

Tribe: Equini

References

  1. ^ a b Paleobiology Database: Equini basic info.
  2. ^ B. J. MacFadden. 1998. Equidae. In C. M. Janis, K. M. Scott, and L. L. Jacobs (eds.), Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America