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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 66. Chapters: Equidae, Fictional odd-toed ungulates, Odd-toed ungulate stubs, Prehistoric odd-toed ungulates, Rhinoceroses, Tapirs, Horse, Quagga, Baku, Sumatran Rhinoceros, Javan Rhinoceros, White Rhinoceros, Indian Rhinoceros, Black Rhinoceros, Mountain Tapir, Malayan Tapir, Northern White Rhinoceros, Drowzee, International Rhino Foundation, Baird's Tapir, South American Tapir, Scaphohippus, The Soul of the Rhino, Somali Wild Ass, Tapiroidea, Amynodontidae, Western Black Rhinoceros, Syrian Wild Ass, Metamynodon, South-central Black Rhinoceros, Jenny, Heptodon, South-western Black Rhinoceros, Eastern Black Rhinoceros, Hartmann's Mountain Zebra, Anchitheriinae, Tapirus polkensis, Lophiodon, Chapman's Zebra, Albino Donkey, Protapirus, Megahippus, Guttural pouch, Miotapirus, Megatapirus, Atlas Wild Ass, Lambdotheriidae, Northern Kiang, Litolophus, Eastern Kiang, Balkan Donkey. Excerpt: The horse (Equus ferus caballus) is one of two extant subspecies of equus ferus, or the wild horse. It is a single-hooved (ungulate) mammal belonging to the taxonomic family Equidae. The horse has evolved over the past 45 to 55 million years from a small multi-toed creature into the large, single-toed animal of today. Humans began to domesticate horses around 4000 BC, and their domestication is believed to have been widespread by 3000 BC. Horses in the subspecies caballus are domesticated, although some domesticated populations live in the wild as feral horses. These feral populations are not true wild horses, as this term is used to describe horses that have never been domesticated, such as the endangered Przewalski's Horse, a separate subspecies, and the only remaining true wild horse. There is an extensive, specialized vocabulary used to describe equine-related concepts, covering everything from anatomy to life stages, size, colors, markings, bree...
