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Card 137/142

Name

Equidae

equine (horse, donkey, zebra, etc.)

Framing

Phylum: Chordata

Subphylum: Vertebrata

Class: Mammalia

Subclass: Theria

Infraclass: Eutheria

Order: Perissodactyla

Family: Equidae

Habitat

Terrestrial, mainly in steppe zones (steppes, savannahs, semi-deserts...).

Feeding

Phytophagous

Distribution

Originally wild forms exist today only in Asia and Africa. In Europe extinct in the wild

Conservation status

Several globally threatened species (IUCN)

Additional information

Long legs with a single functional developed toe finished on a hoof

Additional information

Bibliography

- Hack, M.A. & King, S. (2005). Equid Bibliography. IUCN/SCC Equid Specialist Group, IUCN (The World Conservation Union). http://www.equids.org/docs/Equid_Library_2005.pdf

- MacFadden, B. J. (2008). Fossil Horses Paperback: Systematics, Paleobiology, and Evolution of the Family Equidae. Cambridge University Press.

- Moehlman, P. D. (2002). Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan. Equids: Zebras, Asses and Horses. IUCN/SSC Equid Specialist Group, IUCN (The World Conservation Union). http://www.equids.org/docs/Moehlman_02_Low.pdf

- Ransom, J. I., & Kaczensky, P. (Eds) (2016). Wild Equids Ecology, Management, and Conservation. Johns Hopkins University Press.

- Wilson, D. E., & Mittermeier, R. A. (Eds) (2011). Handbook of the Mammals of the World 2: Hoofed Mammals. Lynx Edicions. Disponible en biblioteca UGR.