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    The evolution of the horse, a mammal of the family Equidae, occurred over a geologic time scale of 50 million years, transforming the small, dog-sized...
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    time and horse groomers often peel or trim off the outer layers for neatness, their appearance is subject to change. The evolution of the horse involved...
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    The wild horse (Equus ferus) is a species of the genus Equus, which includes as subspecies the modern domesticated horse (Equus ferus caballus) as well...
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    Equidae (redirect from Horse family)
    Equidae (sometimes known as the horse family) is the taxonomic family of horses and related animals, including the extant horses, asses, and zebras, and many...
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    The following list of horse and pony breeds includes standardized breeds, some strains within breeds that are considered distinct populations, types of...
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    A horse hoof is the lower extremity of each leg of a horse, the part that makes contact with the ground and carries the weight of the animal. It is both...
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    Zebra (redirect from Striped horse)
    et al. (July 2013). "Recalibrating Equus evolution using the genome sequence of an early Middle Pleistocene horse". Nature. 499 (7456): 74–78. Bibcode:2013Natur...
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    Martínez (2002). "The horse family: on the evolution of the field and its metaphorization process", in Javier E. Díaz Vera, A changing world of words: Studies...
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    Evolution is the change in the heritable characteristics of biological populations over successive generations. It occurs when evolutionary processes...
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    Miohippus (redirect from Three-toed horse)
    doi:10.1017/jpa.2017.42. "Evolution of the Horse". Geocities. Archived from the original on October 27, 2009. "Horse Evolution (by Kathleen Hunt)". Talkorigins...
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    Asinus (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the New International Encyclopedia)
    Kulan, Turkmenian Wild Ass (Horses and Asses (Perissodactyla Equidae) > Equus hemionus > Equus hemionus kulan)". Archived from the original on 2012-02-08....
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  • Mode in Evolution (1944) The Principles of Classification and A Classification of Mammals (1945) The Meaning of Evolution (1949, 1951) Horses (1951) Evolution...
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    The horse (Equus ferus caballus) is a domesticated, one-toed, hoofed mammal. It belongs to the taxonomic family Equidae and is one of two extant subspecies...
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    Hyracotherium (redirect from Dawn horse)
    American continent.[citation needed] Equus Evolution of the horse Merychippus Mesohippus Radinsky (1978). "Evolution of brain size in carnivores and ungulates...
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  • an important part of the evidence on which evolutionary theory rests, demonstrates that evolution does occur, and illustrates the processes that created...
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    African wild ass (category Fauna of the Horn of Africa)
    The African wild ass (Equus africanus) or African wild donkey is a wild member of the horse family, Equidae. This species is thought to be the ancestor...
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    Human evolution is the evolutionary process within the history of primates that led to the emergence of Homo sapiens as a distinct species of the hominid...
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    fossils that helped trace the evolution of the horse from its small five-toed ancestors. However, acceptance of evolution among scientists in non-English...
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    The Gypsy Cob, also known as the Traditional Gypsy Cob, Irish Cob, Romani Cob, Gypsy Horse, or Gypsy Vanner, is a breed of domestic horse from the British...
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    Merychippus (category Miocene horses)
    Horses: Systematics, Paleobiology, and Evolution of the Family Equidae. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. Matthew, W. D.. 1926. The Evolution of...
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  • Horse breeding is reproduction in horses, and particularly the human-directed process of selective breeding of animals, particularly purebred horses of...
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    Onager (category Fauna of the Middle East)
    et al. (4 July 2013). "Recalibrating Equus evolution using the genome sequence of an early Middle Pleistocene horse". Nature. 499 (7456): 74–8. Bibcode:2013Natur...
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    Tilly Edinger (category Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences)
    take a position at the Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology, where she published her second seminal work, The Evolution of the Horse Brain in 1948, three...
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    Mountain zebra (category Mammals of Southern Africa)
    ISSN 0030-6053. Duncan, P. (ed.). 1992. Zebras, Asses, and Horses: an Action Plan for the Conservation of Wild Equids. Gland, Switzerland: IUCN/SSC Equid Specialist...
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    Heintzman, et al. (2017) argue that it is in not a member of the Equus genus. Evolution of the horse Equus alaskae Equus conversidens Owen, 1869 in GBIF Secretariat...
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    Grévy's zebra (category Fauna of the Horn of Africa)
    from the other zebra species; their overall appearance is slightly closer to that of a mule, compared to the more "equine" (horse) appearance of the plains...
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    przewalskii), also called the takhi, Mongolian wild horse or Dzungarian horse, is a rare and endangered horse originally native to the steppes of Central Asia. It...
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    Kiang (category Pleistocene horses)
    et al. (4 July 2013). "Recalibrating Equus evolution using the genome sequence of an early Middle Pleistocene horse". Nature. 499 (7456): 74–8. Bibcode:2013Natur...
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    Plains zebra (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference)
    been thought of as a more exotic alternative to horse; the comic book character Sheena, Queen of the Jungle is depicted riding a zebra. The film Racing...
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    Cataphract (category Types of cavalry unit in the army of ancient Rome)
    preferred and mastered medium of warfare, due to an intrinsic link throughout history with the domestication and evolution of the horse. These early riding traditions...
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