Equus algericus Bagtache, Hadjouis & Eisenmann, 1984:609

Algerian horse (proposed)

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Conservation Status

Extinct if valid

Last record: Holocene

Distribution

Algeria & Morocco

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Media

References

Original scientific description:

Bagtache, B., Hadjouis, D., Eisenmann, V., 1984. Présence d'un Equus caballin (E. algericus n. sp.) et d'une autre espèce nouvelle d'Equus (E. melkiensis n. sp.) dans l'Atérien des Allobroges, Algérie. C. R. Acad. Sci. 14: 609-612.

Other references:

Aouraghe, H., 2004. Les populations de mammifères atériens d'El Harhoura 1 (Témara, Maroc). Bull. Archaeol. Marocaine 20: 83-104.

Aouraghe, H., Debénath, A., 1999. Les équidés du Pléistocène supérieur de la grotte Zouhrah à El Harhoura, Maroc. Quaternaire 10: 283-292.

Cirilli, Omar, Machado, H., Arroyo-Cabrales, J., Barrón-Ortiz, C. I., Davis, E., Jass, C. N., Jukar, A. M., Landry, Z., Marín-Leyva, A. H., Pandolfi, L., Pushkina, D., Rook, L., Saarinen, J., Scott, E., Semprebon, G., Strani, F., Villavicencio, N. A., Kaya, F. and Bernor, R. L. (2022). Evolution of the Family Equidae, Subfamily Equinae, in North, Central and South America, Eurasia and Africa during the Plio-Pleistocene. Biology 11(9): 1258. https://doi.org/10.3390/biology11091258

Faith, J. Tyler. (2014). Late Pleistocene and Holocene mammal extinctions on continental Africa. Earth-Science Reviews 128: 105-121.

Monchot, H., Aouraghe, H., 2009. Deciphering the taphonomic history of an Upper Paleolithic faunal assemblage from Zouhrah Cave/El Harhoura 1, Morocco. Quaternaire 20: 239-253.

Raynal, J.-P., Occhietti, S., 2012. Amino chronology and an earlier age for the Moroccan Aterian. In: Hublin, J.-J., McPherron, S.P. (Eds.), Modern Origins: A North African Perspective. Springer, Dordrecht, pp. 79-90.

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Equus alaskae Winans, 1989

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Equus niobrarensis alaskae Hay, 1913:2,3; Equus caballus alaskae Winans, 1989; Equus conversidens leoni

Conservation Status

Extinct if valid

Last record: Late Pleistocene

Distribution

Alaska, USA

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Media

References

Azzaroli, A. (1995). A synopsis of the Quaternary species of Equus in North America. Bollttino della Societa Paleontologica Italiana 34: 205‐221.

Bennett, Deb and Hoffmann, Robert S. (1999). Equus caballus. Mammalian Species 628: 1-14, 4 figs.

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Equus africanus mureybeti Ducos, 1986:241

Tell Muraibit equid, Tell Muraibit ass

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Equus asinus mureybeti Ducos, 1986:241

Taxonomically invalid (Grinder et al. 2006).

Conservation Status

Invalid (synonym)

Last record: Holocene

Distribution

Syria

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Media

References

Original scientific description:

Ducos, P. (1986). The equid of Tell Muraibit, Syria, pp. 237-245. In: Meadow, R. H. and Uerpmann, H. P. (eds.). Equids in the Ancient World. Wiesbaden, Germany: Ludwig Reichert Verlag.

Other references:

Grinder, Martha I., Krausman, Paul R. and Hoffmann, Robert S. (2006). Equus asinus. Mammalian Species 794: 1-9, 3 figs.

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Equus africanus atlanticus Thomas, 1884:45

Algerian wild ass, Atlas wild ass, North African wild ass

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Conservation Status

Extinct

Last record :c. 300 AD

Distribution

North Africa

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Media

References

Original scientific description:

Thomas, P. (1884). Recherches stratigraphiques et paleontologiques sur quelques formations d'eau douce de PAlgerie. — Mem. Soc. Geol. France, (3) 3 (2): 45.

Other references:

van Bemmel, A. C. V. (1971 or later). Some remarks on the African wild ass. Zoologische Mededelingen 47(21): 261-274, 4 plates.

Lothe, H. (1984). Les gravures rupestres Del Atlas saharien: Monts des Ouled-Nail et region de Djelfa. Alger: Office du Parc National du Tassili.

Muzzolini, A. (2000). Livestock in Saharan rock art. In: R M Blench & K C MacDonald (Eds). The origins and development of African livestock: Archaeology, genetics, linguistics and ethnography London: UCL. (pp. 87–110).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlas_wild_ass

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