Life Mammalia Perissodactyla Equidae

• Equus ferus Boddaert, 1785 SW.Mongolia, Sinkiang. See [maps] Wild Horse Tarpan

  • Equus ferus Boddaert, 1785; (Russia)

  Ancestor of the domestic horse, Equus caballus

  • E. f. ferus steppes of European Russia (extinct)

    • Equus gmelini Antonius, 1912; ; TL: Sagrodovskaya Steppe, right bank of Dnepr, near Kharson, Ukraine

    • Equus ferus ferus; [MPR, 194]
  • E. f. silvestris von Brincken, 1828 Poland (Bialowieza)

    • ferus silvestris (von Brincken, 1828); ; TL: Bialowieza, Poland
    • Equus gmelini silvatica Vetulani, 1927; ; TL: Bialowieza, Poland

    • Equus ferus silvestris; [MPR, 194]
  • E. f. przewalskii Poliakov, 1881 Mongolia, Sinkiang

    • hagenbecki

    • Equus przewalskii;
    • Equus ferus przewalskii; [MPR, 194]

    900x790 (~147Kb) Russia, Moscow Zoo, 12.3.2010, Photo © D. Smirnov

• Equus caballus Linnaeus, 1758 Hevonen Domestic Horse

  • Equus caballus Linnaeus, 1758; Syst. Nat. (edn. 10) 1: 73; TL: Norway (domesticated)
• Equus hemionus Pallas, 1775 -. See [maps] Kulan Onager

  • Equus hemionus Pallas, 1775; Nova Comm. Acad. Sci. Petrop., 19: 397; TL: Transbaikalia, Tarei-Nor, 50°N, 115°E
  • E. h. hemionus L.Balkash, Mongolia - Manchuria

    • typicus
    • castaneus ; (Mongolia)
    • finschi ; (E. Kazakhstan)

    • Equus hemionus hemionus; [MPR, 194]
  • E. h. luteus Matschie, 1911 Gobi Desert - Kansu

    • bedfordi

    • Equus hemionus luteus; [MPR, 194]
• Equus onager Boddaert, 1785 -. See [maps] Kulan Onager

  • Equus onager Boddaert, 1785; Elench. Anim.: 60; TL: NW.Persia, Kasbin, near Caspian

  • Equus onager; [MSOW]

  788x600 (~163Kb) Wilhelma Zoo, Stuttgart, Germany, August 1999, Photo © Ralf Schmode or Equus hemionus? det. ?

  • E. o. onager Iran, W.Afghanistan, W.Pakistan

    • hamar
    • Asinus dzigguetai Wood, 1879; (Iran)
    • Microhippus hemionus bahram Pocock, 1947; ; TL: Yezd, central Iran

    • Equus hemionus onager; [MPR, 194]
  • E. o. khur Lesson, 1827 W.India (Rann of Kutch), S.Pakistan

    • indicus
    • Microhippus hemionus blanfordi Pocock, 1947; ; TL: Sham Plains, Baluchistan

    • Equus hemionus khur; [MPR, 194]
  • E. o. hemippus Geoffroy, 1855 extinct? (Syria, Iraq)

    • syriacus

    • Equus hemionus hemippus; [MPR, 194]
  • E. o. kulan (Groves & Mazak, 1967) S.Turkestan, NW.Afghanistan

    • Asinus hemionus kulan Groves & Mazak, 1967; ; TL: Badkhyz Reserve, Turkmenia, USSR (c. 35°50'N, 61°40'E)

    • Equus hemionus kulan; [MPR, 194]
• Equus kiang Moorcroft, 1841 Plateau steppes of (Tibet, Chinghai, Szechuan, Sikkim, Kashmir). See [maps] Kiang

  • Equus kiang Moorcroft, 1841; Travels in the Himalayan Provinces, 1: 312; TL: Ladakh, Kashmir
  • E. k. kiang Ladak, adj. Tibet

    • equioides
    • kyang

    • Equus kiang kiang; [MPR, 195]
  • E. k. holderei Matschie, 1911 E.Tibet, W.Szechuan

    • tafeli

    • Equus kiang holderei; [MPR, 195]
  • E. k. polyodon (Hodgson, 1847) border of Tibet (Sikkim)

    • Hemionus kiang nepalensis Trumler, 1959; ; TL: ?"Nepal"

    • Equus kiang polyodon; [MPR, 195]
• Equus africanus (Fitzinger, 1857) Ethiopia, Somalia. See [maps] African Ass

  • Asinus africanus Fitzinger, 1857; ; TL: Nubia, Sudan

  Ancestor of Domestic Ass Equus asinus Linnaeus.

  • E. a. africanus extinct? formerly (S.Egypt, N.Sudan)

    • Equus africanus africanus; [MPR, 195]
  • E. a. atlanticus P. Thomas, 1884 extinct, formerly (Algeria and Morocco)

    • ?taeniopus ; (Red Sea Coast)
    • dianae
    • Equus asinus hippagrus Schomber, 1963; (Sahara)

    • Equus africanus atlanticus; [MPR, 195]
  • E. a. somaliensis Noack, 1884 Somalia, E.Ethiopia

    • aethiopicus
    • somalicus

    • Equus africanus somaliensis; [MPR, 195]
• Equus asinus Linnaeus, 1758 Aasi Domestic Ass

  • Equus asinus Linnaeus, 1758; Syst. Nat. (edn. 10) 1: 73; TL: "Southern Asia" (domesticated)
• Equus burchelli Gray, 1823 Africa (south of Sahara). See [maps] Seepra Common Zebra Burchell's Zebra

  • Equus burchelli Gray, 1823; Zool. J., 1: 247; TL: S.Africa, Bechuanaland, Little Klibboklikhoni Fontein

  752x600 (~209Kb) Hannover Zoo, Germany, September 1999, Photo © Ralf Schmode

• Equus grevyi Oustalet, 1882 Ethiopia, Somalia, N.Kenya. See [maps] Grevy's Zebra

  • Equus grevyi Oustalet, 1882; La Nature (Paris), 10 (2): 12; TL: Ethiopia, Galla Country

  800x496 (~175Kb) Frankfurt Zoo, Germany, August 1999 (young), Photo © Ralf Schmode

• Equus quagga Gmelin, 1788 extinct (since 1872)

  • Equus quagga Gmelin, 1788; in Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. (13th edn) 1: 213; TL: South Africa
• Equus zebra Linnaeus, 1758 Cape. See [maps] Selous' Zebra

  • Equus zebra Linnaeus, 1758; Syst. Nat. (edn. 10) 1: 74; TL: S.Africa, Cape, Paardeburg, near Malmesbury

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