Equus caballus (Przewalski's Wild Horse)

Common Names

Common Names in English:

Domestic Horse, Equine, Feral Horse, Horse, Horse (Feral), Przewalski's Wild Horse, Wild Horse

Description

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 2,540 meters (0 to 8,333 feet).Mean = 1,143.730 meters (3,752.395 feet), Standard Deviation = 880.090 based on 115 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre.

Taxonomy

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Domain: Eukaryota () - Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- Kingdom: Animalia () - Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
  - Subkingdom: Bilateria () - (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
    - Branch: Deuterostomia () - Grobben, 1908
      - Infrakingdom: Chordonia () - (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
        Phylum: Chordata () - Bateson, 1885 - Chordates
        Subphylum: Vertebrata () - Cuvier, 1812 - Vertebrates
        Infraphylum: Gnathostomata () - Auct. - Jawed Vertebrates
        Superclass: Tetrapoda () - Goodrich, 1930
        Class: Mammalia () - C. Linnaeus, 1758 - Mammals
        Subclass: Theriiformes () - (Rowe, 1988) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
        Infraclass: Holotheria () - (Wible Et Al., 1995) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
        Superlegion: Trechnotheria () - Mckenna, 1975
        Legion: Cladotheria () - Mckenna, 1975
        Sublegion: Zatheria () - Mckenna, 1975
        Infralegion: Tribosphenida () - (Mckenna, 1975) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
        Supercohort: Theria () - (Parker & Haswell, 1897) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
        Cohort: Placentalia () - (Owen, 1837) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
        Magnorder: Epitheria () - (Mckenna, 1975) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
        Superorder: Preptotheria () - (Mckenna, 1975) Mckenna, in Stucky & Mckenna, in Benton, Ed., 1993
        Grandorder: Ungulata () - (C. Linnaeus, 1766) Mckenna, 1975
        Mirorder: Altungulata () - (Prothero & Schoch, 1989) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
        Order: Perissodactyla () - Owen, 1848 - Odd-Toed Ungulates
        Suborder: Hippomorpha () - Wood, 1937
        Family: Equidae () - Gray, 1821
        Subfamily: Bovinae ()
        Tribe: Bovini ()
        Genus: Equus () - Linnaeus, 1758
        Subgenus: Hippotigris ()
        Specific name: caballus - Equine papillomavirus � 1 [AF498323] Equus caballus papillomavirus � 1
        Scientific name: - Equus caballus

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: de Villiers E.M., Bernard H.U., Broker T., Delius H., zur Hausen H., 01-Oct-2005

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Equus

There are approximately 134 species in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

Bibliography

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Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes 2003. Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada.
Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner 1987. Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. Resource Publication, no. 166. United States Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service. Washington, D.C., USA. 79.
Peter Grubb: Status: CITES - Appendix I and U.S. ESA - Endangered as Equus przewalskii; IUCN - Extinct? as E. przewalskii
Volf, J.1990.Przewalski's wild horse and domestic horses.In Grzimek's Encyclopedia of Mammals.Edited by S. P. Parker. New York: McGraw-Hill. Volume 4, pp. 594-596.
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. 1993. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. Smithsonian Institution Press. Washington, DC, USA. xviii + 1207. ISBN: 1-56098-217-9.
Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole 2000. Common Names of Mammals of the World. Smithsonian Institution Press. Washington, DC, USA. xiv + 204. ISBN: 1-56098-383-3.

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Contributors

Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed November 12, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 23 providers.
MBLWHOI Library: Universal Biological Index and Organizer. uBio.org accessed July 18, 2008.
The Universal Virus database of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses 2005.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 12, 2007:

Berkeley Natural History Museums, University of California Museum of Paleontology DiGIR provider
Borror Laboratory of Bioacoustics, Borror Laboratory of Bioacoustics
Field Museum, Mammal specimens
Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, Vertebrate specimens
Marine Science Institute, UCSB, Paleobiology Database
Michigan State University Museum, Vertebrate specimens
Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
OZCAM
Provider, Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums
Royal Ontario Museum, Mammal specimens
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Santa Barbara Musem of Natural History
University of Alaska Museum of the North, University of Alaska Museum Mammal Collection
University of Alaska Museum of the North, University of New Mexico Division of Genomic Resources Mammal Collection
University of Alaska Museum of the North, University of New Mexico Museum of Southwestern Biology Mammal Collection
University of Michigan Museum of Zoology
, Mammal specimens
University of Minnesota Bell Museum of Natural History, Mammal specimens

Identifiers

Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2478626
Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-180691
Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13808271
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 180691
Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: AMATA01010
Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 131634

Footnotes

Curator for this page: David Stang. Date last reviewed: 2008-07-01