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Equidae is the family of horse-like animals, which belong to the order Perissodactyla. It is sometimes known as the horse family. Apart from the horse, other extant equids include assorted subspecies of donkey or ass, and the zebra. All of these are in the genus Equus. Equids are medium to large mammal, with long heads, and necks with a mane. Their legs are slender and end in a single, unguligrade toe, protected by a horny hoof. They have long, slender, tails, either ending in a tuft, or... full article at wikipedia

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  • Equidae
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ITIS Taxon S/N
  • 180688
NCBI Taxon ID
  • 9788
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Created by Metaweb Oct 22, 2006
Last edited by mwcl_wikipedia_en Sep 28, 2007

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