Equidae
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| Equids | |
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| Plains Zebras | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Perissodactyla |
| Family: | Equidae Gray, 1821 |
| Genus: | Equus Linnaeus, 1758 |
Equidae is a family of odd-toed ungulate mammals. The family has only one surviving genus: Equus. Horses, donkeys and zebras belong in this genus.
Animals of the Equus genus can have hybrid offspring, but they are usually sterile.
They can have many different colours.
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