Equinae
| Equinae Temporal range:
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| Przewalski's horse | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Perissodactyla |
| Family: | Equidae |
| Subfamily: | Equinae Steinmann & Döderlein 1890 |
| Tribes | |
Equinae is a
monophyletic grouping.[3] Members of the subfamily are referred to as equines;[4] the only extant equines are the horses, asses, and zebras of the genus Equus, with two other genera Haringtonhippus and Hippidion
becoming extinct at the beginning of the Holocene, around 11-12,000 years ago.
The subfamily contains two tribes, the Equini and the Hipparionini, as well as two unplaced genera, Merychippus and Scaphohippus. Members of the family ancestrally had three toes, while members of the tribe Equini from the Middle Miocene onwards developed monodactyl feet.[5]
Sister taxa
- Anchitheriinae
- Hyracotheriinae
References
- ^ "Paleobiology Database: Equinae basic info". Archived from the original on 2009-06-21. Retrieved 2009-08-03.
- PMID 28183978. Retrieved 13 February 2019 – via Escience.magazine.org.
- ^ B. J. MacFadden. 1998. Equidae. In C. M. Janis, K. M. Scott, and L. L. Jacobs (eds.), Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America
- ISBN 978-3-031-27143-4– via www.springer.com.
- ISSN 2296-701X.
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