Family EQUIDAE (HORSES AND RELATIVES)

• [Large mammals with large head, elongated face, long neck, large ears, eyes set to the side and high on the head, long, slender legs ending in a single hoof each, long tail, and mane erect or droopy when very long.

• 200-300 cm.

• Palearctic and Afrotropical Regions.

• Mesic grassland to semi-arid savanna, arid lowland, and mountain desert.

• 1 genus, 7 species, at least 19 extant taxa.

• 2 species Critically Endangered, 2 species Endangered, 1 species Vulnerable; 4 subspecies Extinct since 1600.