Wild horse

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Wild horse
Tap left: Equus ferus caballus (horse)
Tap richt: Equus ferus przewalskii (Przewalski's horse)

Below left: Equus ferus ferus (tarpan)
Below right: Equus ferus fossil frae 9100 BC

Scientific classification edit
Kinrick: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Cless: Mammalia
Order: Perissodactyla
Faimily: Equidae
Genus: Equus
Subgenus: Equus
Species: E. ferus
Binomial name
Equus ferus
Boddaert, 1785
Subspecies

The wild horse (Equus ferus) is a species o the genus Equus, that includes as subspecies the modren domesticatit horse (Equus ferus caballus) as well as the undomesticatit tarpan (Equus ferus ferus, nou extinct), an the endangered Przewalski's horse (Equus ferus przewalskii).[2]

References[eedit | eedit soorce]

  1. "Equus ferus". IUCN Reid Leet o Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. Internaitional Union for Conservation o Naitur. 2011. Retrieved 18 Januar 2012. Cite has empty unkent parameter: |last-author-amp= (help)CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  2. Grubb, P. (2005). "Order Perissodactyla". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 630–631. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)