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This was confirmed in a genetic study done in 2017, which subsumed all the specimens into the species E. francisci which was placed outside all extant horse species in the new genus Haringtonhippus [19], although its placement as a separate genus was subsequently questioned. [20] A separate genus of horse, Hippidion existed in South America. [21]
Triosteum, commonly known in American English as horse-gentian [2] or, less commonly, feverwort, and, in Standard Chinese as 莛子藨属 (ting zi biao shu), is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Caprifoliaceae. A genus of six species in total, it has three species native to North America, and three more in eastern Asia.
Remains attributed to the species display a considerable range of morphological variability. [9] The species had a small body size, with adult individuals estimated to have a body mass of around 300–365 kilograms (661–805 lb), [3] with the mummy of an 8 year old adult male horse (the Selerikan mummy) having a height of 1.35 metres (4 ft 5 in) at the withers.
Besides the horse, there are six other species of genus Equus in the Equidae family. These are the ass or donkey, Equus asinus; the mountain zebra, Equus zebra; plains zebra, Equus quagga; Grévy's zebra, Equus grevyi; the kiang, Equus kiang; and the onager, Equus hemionus. [149] Horses can crossbreed with other members of their genus.
Skeleton from the La Brea tar pits. Equus occidentalis (commonly known as the western horse) is an extinct species of wild horse that once inhabited North America, specifically the Southwestern United States, during the Pleistocene epoch.
Equus conversidens, or the Mexican horse, was a Pleistocene species of horse, now extinct, that inhabited North America. Life restoration The holotype of Equus conversidens , a partial palate, was unearthed in Pleistocene deposits northeast of Mexico City, Mexico .
Haringtonhippus is named after Charles Richard Harington. [3] It was originally described as a new Equus species, E. francisci, in 1915. [1] Dalquest (1979) considered Equus tau Owen, 1869, described from teeth in Mexico, a senior synonym of E. francisci, [7] while Equus quinni and E. arrelanoi were synonymized with E. francisci by Winans (1989). [8]
Haemopis sanguisuga is a species of freshwater leech in the family Haemopidae. [1] [2] [3] It is commonly called the horse-leech, but that is due to the similarity of its appearance to the leech Limnatis nilotica, which sometimes enters the nasal cavities of livestock. Haemopis sanguisuga does not behave in this way. [4]