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Equus caballus

(equine)

Overview

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Interesting Facts

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Common Names

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Common Names in English:

equine, Domestic Horse, Feral Horse, horse, horse (feral), Przewalski's Wild Horse, Wild Horse

Description

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Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 2,540 meters (0 to 8,333 feet).[1]

Taxonomy

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Similar Species

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Members of the genus Equus

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 37 species and subspecies in this genus:

E. africanus (African Wild Ass) · E. africanus africanus (Nubian Wild Ass) · E. africanus somaliensis (Somalia Wild Ass) · E. asinus (African Ass) · E. asinus asinus (African Wild Ass) · E. burchellii (Burchell's Zebra) · E. burchellii burchellii (Burchell's Zebra) · E. burchelli antiquorum (Demara Zebra) · E. burchelli boehmi (Grant's Zebra) · E. burchelli burchelli (Burchell's Zebra) · E. burchelli chapmani (Chapman's Zebra) · E. burchelli crawshayi (Crawshay's Zebra) · E. burchelli zambeziensis (Upper Zambezi Zebra) · E. caballus (Equine) · E. caballus caballus (Equine) · E. caballus przewalskii (Horse) · E. equus caballus (Equine) · E. ferus (Przewalski's Horse) · E. ferus przewalskii (Przewalski's Horse) · E. grevyi (Grevy's Zebra) · E. hemionus (Asiatic Wild Ass) · E. hemionus hemionus (Dziggetai) · E. hemionus khur (Indian Wild Ass) · E. hemionus kulan (Kulan) · E. hemionus luteus (Dziggetai) · E. hemionus onager (Onager) · E. kiang (Tibetan Wild Ass) · E. kiang holdereri (Eastern Kiang) · E. kiang kiang (Western Kiang) · E. kiang polyodon (Southern Kiang) · E. onager (Asiatic Wild Ass) · E. quagga (Plains Zebra) · E. quagga boehmi (Grant's Zebra) · E. quagga quagga (Quagga) · E. zebra (Hartmann's Mountain Zebra) · E. zebra hartmannae (Hartmann's Mountain Zebra) · E. zebra zebra (Cape Mountain Zebra)

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Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 12, 2007:

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Footnotes

  1. 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. [back]

Curator for this page: David Stang. Date last reviewed: 7/1/2008

Last Revised: 7/15/2012