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Equini
Temporal range: Early Miocene–present
Przewalski's horse
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Perissodactyla
Family: Equidae
Subfamily: Equinae
Tribe: Equini
Genera

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Equini is the only living tribe of the horse subfamily Equinae, which has lived worldwide (except Australia) since the Hemingfordian stage of the Early Miocene (20.6—0 mya).[1] It is considered to be a monophyletic clade.[2]

Taxonomy

Tribe: Equini

References

  1. ^ 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