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Definition of equid in English: equidnoun ˈɛkwɪdˈekwid Zoology A mammal of the horse family (Equidae ). 〔动〕马科动物 Example sentencesExamples - Domestic equids range worldwide; in the wild equids occur mainly in East Africa and the Near East to Mongolia.
- Today only seven species of wild equids remain - three asses, three zebra and one wild horse - and the World Conservation Union now lists most of these as endangered.
- It is the closest living relative of the domestic horse, and despite a difference in chromosome number, the two species are the only members of the equid family still capable of producing fertile offspring if interbred.
- This succession of early primitive types with later more advanced forms, and those with their still more advanced descendants, is not unlike the evolution of equids, titanotheres, and other fast-evolving taxa.
- Bernor and Harris describe the three species of hipparionine equids found at Lothagam.
- The orbital region is important because it has been demonstrated as useful in classifying different species of equids.
- The vertical lines represent the actual time ranges of equid genera or clades.
- Notably, in the three mammalian groups, equids, murids, and peromyscids, in which placental development of interspecific hybrids was analyzed to date, placentation defects were observed.
- Here I test whether this assumption holds true by analyzing the feeding strategy of various ungulates, particularly equids.
- The equid and mammoth remains came from the upper unit and the mastodon and edentate material came from the middle unit.
- Like all equids, mountain zebras are polygynous.
- For example, a thoroughbred is a type of a horse, which is an equid, which is a mammal and so on.
- Hippidion was so distinctly different from other horses that it was considered to have diverged from the equid lineage about 10 million years ago.
OriginLate 19th century: from modern Latin Equidae (plural), from Latin equus 'horse'. Definition of equid in US English: equidnounˈekwid Zoology A mammal of the horse family (Equidae). 〔动〕马科动物 Example sentencesExamples - Like all equids, mountain zebras are polygynous.
- Today only seven species of wild equids remain - three asses, three zebra and one wild horse - and the World Conservation Union now lists most of these as endangered.
- The equid and mammoth remains came from the upper unit and the mastodon and edentate material came from the middle unit.
- The vertical lines represent the actual time ranges of equid genera or clades.
- Bernor and Harris describe the three species of hipparionine equids found at Lothagam.
- Here I test whether this assumption holds true by analyzing the feeding strategy of various ungulates, particularly equids.
- Notably, in the three mammalian groups, equids, murids, and peromyscids, in which placental development of interspecific hybrids was analyzed to date, placentation defects were observed.
- Domestic equids range worldwide; in the wild equids occur mainly in East Africa and the Near East to Mongolia.
- Hippidion was so distinctly different from other horses that it was considered to have diverged from the equid lineage about 10 million years ago.
- This succession of early primitive types with later more advanced forms, and those with their still more advanced descendants, is not unlike the evolution of equids, titanotheres, and other fast-evolving taxa.
- For example, a thoroughbred is a type of a horse, which is an equid, which is a mammal and so on.
- The orbital region is important because it has been demonstrated as useful in classifying different species of equids.
- It is the closest living relative of the domestic horse, and despite a difference in chromosome number, the two species are the only members of the equid family still capable of producing fertile offspring if interbred.
OriginLate 19th century: from modern Latin Equidae (plural), from Latin equus ‘horse’. |