Equini Explained

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

• Genus: † Astrohippus
• Genus: † Calippus
• Genus: † Dinohippus
• Genus: Equus – living horses, asses, and zebras
• Genus: † Haringtonhippus North America extinct. c. 11,000 years ago
• Genus: † Hippidion South America extinct. c. 11,000 years ago
• Genus: † Onohippidium
• Genus: † Pliohippus
• Genus: † Protohippus

Notes and References

1. Web site: Paleobiology Database: Equini basic info. . 2009-08-03 . 2012-10-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121013022121/http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=checkTaxonInfo&taxon_no=65580&is_real_user=1 . live .
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