Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Alternative spelling: Hemionus
Parent taxon: Equus according to M. F. Skinner 1972
See also Prothero and Schoch 1989
Sister taxa: Equus (Amerhippus), Equus (Asinus) cumminsi, Equus (Hesperohippus), Equus (Parastilidequus), Equus (Sussemionus), Equus africanus, Equus alaskae, Equus asinus, Equus australis, Equus caballus, Equus calobatus, Equus capensis, Equus cedralensis, Equus coliemensis, Equus complicatus, Equus conversidens, Equus eisenmannae, Equus excelsus, Equus francisci, Equus fraternus, Equus fromanius, Equus giganteus, Equus holmesi, Equus intermedius, Equus intermedius, Equus jubatus, Equus laurentius, Equus leidyi, Equus mexicanus, Equus nalaikhaensis, Equus nearcticus, Equus nevadanus, Equus niobrarensis, Equus nobisi, Equus parastylidens, Equus pectinatus, Equus przewalskii, Equus pseudaltidens, Equus quagga, Equus sanmeniensis, Equus santaeelenae, Equus semiplicatus, Equus sivalensis, Equus tabeti, Equus taeniopus, Equus yunnanensis, Equus zebra, Hippotherium princeps, Hippotigris stenonis, Hippotigris grevyi, Hippotigris robustus, Equus (Dolichohippus) grevyi, Equus (Dolichohippus) enormis, Asinus africanus, Equus (Asinus) kiang, Onager onager
Subtaxa: Equus (Hemionus) hemionus
Ecology: ground dwelling grazer
Distribution:
• Quaternary of the Czech Republic (1 collection), India (10), Israel (2), the Russian Federation (1), Syria (1), Turkey (1), Turkmenistan (1), United States (4: California, Florida)
• Blancan of United States (1: Nevada)
Total: 22 collections each including a single occurrence