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Equine Post: Horses, equine information, sale horses (1347 words) |
 | Equidae Equus Horses are members of the family Equidae, which is one of three families in the order Perissodactyla. |
 | There are seven equine species in the genus Equus, including Equus Equus caballus, the domestic horse. |
 | Each equine is genetically very similar all other members of the genus. |
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Esi Knowledge Base - True Collection (15264 words) |
 | Equus caballus has, on average, the heaviest body build, the widest and deepest head, and the heaviest limbs of any of the six to eight living and one recently extinct (E. |
 | Equus, a monophyletic taxon, is derived from the late Miocene Dinohippus (Quinn, 1957). |
 | The long facial skull and the large teeth of Equus are correlated with a great increase in volume, during the later Tertiary period, of the anterior pituitary lobe. |