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Taxon: Family Equidae Gray, 1821 - horses, zebras, and asses (mammal)
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Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Mammalia - (Order) Perissodactyla

Subsequent positions

Hippomorpha (Suborder) Wood, 1937

Original entries

Questionably Acritohippus (Genus) Kelly, 1995
Questionably Anchitherium (Genus) von Meyer, 1844
Questionably Archaeohippus (Genus) Gidley, 1906
Questionably Astrohippus (Genus) Stirton, 1940
Questionably Calippus (Genus) Matthew & Stirton, 1930
Questionably Cormohipparion (Genus) Skinner & MacFadden, 1977
Questionably Dinohippus (Genus) Quinn, 1955
Questionably Eohippus (Genus) Marsh, 1876
Questionably Epihippus (Genus) Marsh, 1878
Questionably Equus (Genus) Linnaeus, 1758
Questionably Haplohippus (Genus) McGrew, 1953
Questionably Heteropliohippus (Genus) Kelly, 1995
Questionably Hipparion (Genus) de Christol, 1832
Questionably Hippidion (Genus) Owen, 1869
Questionably Hypohippus (Genus) Leidy, 1858
Questionably Hyracotherium (Genus) Owen, 1840
Questionably Kalobatippus (Genus) Osborn, 1915
Questionably Megahippus (Genus) McGrew, 1938
Questionably Merychippus (Genus) Leidy, 1857
Questionably Mesohippus (Genus) Marsh, 1875
Questionably Miohippus (Genus) Marsh, 1874
Questionably Nannippus (Genus) Matthew, 1926
Questionably Neohipparion (Genus) Gidley, 1903
Questionably Onohippidion (Genus) Boule & Thevin, 1920
Questionably Onohippidium (Genus) Moreno, 1891
Questionably Orohippus (Genus) Marsh, 1872
Questionably Parahippus (Genus) Leidy, 1858
Questionably Parapliohippus (Genus) Kelly, 1995
Questionably Pliohippus (Genus) Marsh, 1874
Questionably Proboscidipparion (Genus) Sefve, 1927
Questionably Protohippus (Genus) Leidy, 1858
Questionably Pseudhipparion (Genus) Ameghino, 1904
Questionably Sinohippus (Genus) Zhai, 1962
Questionably Stylohipparion (Genus) van Hoepen, 1932

Current position

Hippomorpha (Suborder) Wood, 1937 Ref: C.J. Burgin et al., 2020: table 2 (p. 27).

Alternative positions

Equoidea (Superfamily) (Gray, 1821) Hay, 1902 Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 644.
Hippomorpha (Superfamily) Ref: M.J. Benton, 2015: 445.
Perissodactyla (Order) Owen, 1848 Ref: D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder, 2011: 59.

Historical positions

Hippomorpha (Suborder) Wood, 1937 Ref: C.J. Burgin et al., 2020: table 2 (p. 27).
Hippomorpha (Superfamily) Ref: M.J. Benton, 2015: 445.
Perissodactyla (Order) Owen, 1848 Ref: D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder, 2011: 59.
Hippomorpha (Superfamily) Ref: M.J. Benton, 2005: 402.
Perissodactyla (Order) Owen, 1848 Ref: P. Grubb, 2005: 629.
Hippomorpha (Suborder) Wood, 1937 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 469.
Perissodactyla (Order) Owen, 1848 Ref: 1995
Perissodactyla (Order) Owen, 1848 Ref: P. Grubb, 1993: 369; 6.
Perissodactyla (Order) Owen, 1848 Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 123.
Equoidea (Superfamily) (Gray, 1821) Hay, 1902 Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 644.
Perissodactyla (Order) Owen, 1848 Ref: A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1057.
Perissodactyla (Order) Owen, 1848 Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979
Equoidea (Superfamily) (Gray, 1821) Hay, 1902 Ref: R. Altevogt et al., 1973 (1972): 702.
Hippomorpha (Suborder) Wood, 1937 Ref: G.G. Simpson, 1945

Number of Subtaxa

2024 Available in Systema Naturae 2000 1g;7s;22ss; ‡1g;1s;3ss; †30g;56s;5ss
1989-present Systema Naturae 2000: 26 Jan 2015 [1g;7s;22ss; ‡1g; †30g]
2011 D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder: 59 1g;7s
2005 P. Grubb: 633 [1g;7s;22ss; ‡1s;2ss]
1997 M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell [1g; ‡1g; †30g]
1993 P. Grubb 1g;9[8]s; ‡[1s]
1991 G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill [1g];7[8]s; ‡[1s]
1982 A.F. DeBlase 1g;7s(; ‡1s)
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