Equus stenonis

Equus stenonis or the Stenon zebra, was an extinct species of zebra that inhabited Eurasia in the Pleistocene.

Equus stenonis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Perissodactyla
Family: Equidae
Genus: Equus
Species:
E. stenonis
Binomial name
Equus stenonis
Cocchi, 1867

The African species Equus koobiforensis and E. oldowayensis are closely related to E. stenonis.[1]

Barron-Ortiz et al. (2019) resurrect the genus Allohippus for Equus stenonis based on the results of their cladistic analysis regarding the interrelationships of the genus Equus.[2]

References

  1. Bernor, R.L.; Armour-Chelu, M.J.; Gilbert, H.; Kaiser, T.M.; Schulz, E. (2010). "Equidae". In Werdelin, L.; Sanders, W.J. (eds.). Cenozoic Mammals of Africa. Berkeley: University of California Press. pp. 685–721. ISBN 9780520257214.
  2. Barrón-Ortiz, Christina I.; Avilla, Leonardo S.; Jass, Christopher N.; Bravo-Cuevas, Víctor M.; Machado, Helena; Mothé, Dimila (2019-09-12). "What Is Equus? Reconciling Taxonomy and Phylogenetic Analyses". Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. doi:10.3389/fevo.2019.00343.
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