Equus stenonis

Equus stenonis or the Stenon zebra, is an extinct species of equine closely related to modern zebras and asses that inhabited Eurasia in the Pleistocene.

Equus stenonis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Perissodactyla
Family: Equidae
Genus: Equus
Species:
E. stenonis
Binomial name
Equus stenonis
Cocchi, 1867

The African species Equus koobiforensis and E. oldowayensis are closely related to E. stenonis.[1]

Barron-Ortiz et al. (2019) resurrect the genus Allohippus for Equus stenonis based on the results of their cladistic analysis regarding the interrelationships of the genus Equus.[2]

References

  1. Bernor, R.L.; Armour-Chelu, M.J.; Gilbert, H.; Kaiser, T.M.; Schulz, E. (2010). "Equidae". In Werdelin, L.; Sanders, W.J. (eds.). Cenozoic Mammals of Africa. Berkeley: University of California Press. pp. 685–721. ISBN 9780520257214.
  2. Barrón-Ortiz, Christina I.; Avilla, Leonardo S.; Jass, Christopher N.; Bravo-Cuevas, Víctor M.; Machado, Helena; Mothé, Dimila (2019-09-12). "What Is Equus? Reconciling Taxonomy and Phylogenetic Analyses". Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 7. doi:10.3389/fevo.2019.00343.
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