Symbolic Horse Education Resources

Equine Phylogeny:

Relationships between living animals and horses.

Quagga 

Photograph of one of the last living quaggas, extinct in the 19th century.

References 

Tougard, C., Delefosse, T., Hanni, C. and Montgelard, C. (2001) ‘Phylogenetic Relationships of the Five Extant Rhinoceros Species (Rhinoceratidae, Perissodactyla) Based on Mitochondrial Cytochrome b and 12S rRNA Genes.’ Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 19(1) pp 34-44.

Vilstrup, J.T., Seguin-Orlando, A., Stiller, M., Ginolhac, A., and Raghaven, M. (2013) ‘Mitochondrial Phylogenomics of Modern and Ancient Equids.’ PloS ONE 8(2) pp1-12

Weinstock, J., Willerslev, E., Sher, A., Tong, W. and Ho, S.Y.W. (2005) ‘Evolution, Systematics and Phylogeography of Pleistocene Horses in the New World:  A Molecular Perspective.’ PloS Biology 3(8) pp1373-1379