Equus hydruntinus

Equus hydruntinus
	Fossil of Equus hydruntinus
Temporal occurrence
	Middle Pleistocene to Holocene
	300,000 to? .000 years
Locations
	Europe; West asia;
Systematics
Superordinate :	Laurasiatheria
Order :	Unpaired ungulate (Perissodactyla)
Family :	Horses (Equidae)
Subfamily :	Equinae
Genre :	Horses ( equus )
Type :	Equus hydruntinus
Scientific name
	Equus hydruntinus
	Regalia , 1907

Equus hydruntinus , also known as the European wild ass , is an extinct species of horse that was foundin western Eurasiafrom the mid- Pleistocene to the early Holocene . It first appears in the fossil record 350,000 years agoand only disappears during the Holocene.

During the late Pleistocene, the species was widespread in Europe from Spain to almost the German North Sea coast and in western Asia eastwards to present-day Iran. Morphologically, it differed from today's wild asses and half-donkeys mainly through the structure of the molars and the rather short nasal cavities , but resembled the latter more closely. Genetic studies also indicate a close relationship with the Asiatic half-asses ( Equus hemionus ).

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Individual evidence

↑ Ariane Burke, Vera Eisenmann, Graeme K. Ambler: The systematic position of Equus hydruntinus, an extinct species of Pleistocene equid ☆. In: Quaternary Research. 59, 2003, doi : 10.1016 / S0033-5894 (03) 00059-0 , p. 459.
↑ L. Orlando, M. Mashkour, A. Burke, Chr. J. Douady, V. Eisenmann, C. Hännt: Geographic distribution of an extinct equid (Equus hydruntinus: Mammalia, Equidae) revealed by morphological and genetic analyzes of fossils. In: Molecular Ecology. Volume 15, Number 8, July 2006, doi : 10.1111 / j.1365-294X.2006.02922.x , pp. 2083-2093.

[1] Ariane Burke, Vera Eisenmann, Graeme K. Ambler: The systematic position of Equus hydruntinus, an extinct species of Pleistocene equid ☆. In: Quaternary Research. 59, 2003, doi : 10.1016 / S0033-5894 (03) 00059-0 , p. 459.

[2] L. Orlando, M. Mashkour, A. Burke, Chr. J. Douady, V. Eisenmann, C. Hännt: Geographic distribution of an extinct equid (Equus hydruntinus: Mammalia, Equidae) revealed by morphological and genetic analyzes of fossils. In: Molecular Ecology. Volume 15, Number 8, July 2006, doi : 10.1111 / j.1365-294X.2006.02922.x , pp. 2083-2093.