Equus ovodovi Eisenmann & Sergej, 2011:522
Ovodov horse
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: Late Holocene (Cai et al., 2022)
Distribution
Siberia
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Eisenmann, Véra and Sergej Vasiliev. (2011). Unexpected finding of a new Equus species (Mammalia, Perissodactyla) belonging to a supposedly extinct subgenus in late Pleistocene deposits of Khakassia (southwestern Siberia). Geodiversitas 33(3): 519-530.
Other references:
Cai, Dawei et al. (2022). Radiocarbon and genomic evidence for the survival of Equus Sussemionus until the late Holocene. eLife 11: e73346. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.73346
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Lemoine, Rhys Taylor, Buitenwerf, Robert, Faurby, Sören and Svenning, Jens-Christian. (2025). Phylogenetic Evidence Supports the Effect of Traits on Late-Quaternary Megafauna Extinction in the Context of Human Activity. Global Ecology and Biogeography 34(7): e70078. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.70078 [Supporting Information: Data S1]
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Plasteeva, Natalya A., Vasiliev, Sergey K., Klementiev, A. M. and Kosintsev, Pavel A. (2022). Morphological Differentiation of Equids (Equus ovodovi, Equus hemionus) and Their Distribution Ranges in Western Siberia in the Late Pleistocene. Biology Bulletin 48: S197-S207. https://doi.org/10.1134/S1062359021140132
Plasteeva, Natalya A., Vasiliev, Sergey K. and Kosintsev, Pavel A. (2015). Equus (Sussemionus) ovodovi Eisenmann et Vasiliev, 2011 from the Late Pleistocene of Western Siberia. Russian Journal of Theriology 14(2): 187-200.
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Yuan, J-X., Hou, X-D., Barlow, A., Preick, M., Taron, U. H., Alberti, F. et al. (2019). Molecular identification of late and terminal Pleistocene Equus ovodovi from northeastern China. PLoS ONE 14(5): e0216883.