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Equini

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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

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Tribe: Equini

References

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  1. ^ a b "Paleobiology Database: Equini basic info". Archived from the original on 2012-10-13. Retrieved 2009-08-03.
  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