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Contents 1 Somalian Wild Ass 2 Zebra Revision 3 Wild Horse 4 Merge proposal 5 Equus scotti

[edit] Somalian Wild Ass

Isn't Somalian Wild Ass (Equus somaliensis) a valid species?--Menah the Great 23:11, 30 September 2005 (UTC)

From what I know it is still a subspecies. But if someone has research that says otherwise, please comment on this. Pmaas 13:37, 21 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Zebra Revision

I've changed this article and added some new information. Groves & Bell revised the Zebra genus Equus, subgenus Hippotigris in their 2004 publication in Mammalian Biology. Cape Mountain Zebra and Hartmann's Mountain Zebra are now seen as two separate species (Equus zebra and Equus hartmannae), and not as subspecies anymore. See the Mountain Zebra article for more information and references. And they revised the Plain Zebra's (Equus quagga) subspecies. Pmaas 13:37, 21 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wild Horse

The Wild Horse had some subspecies, although the total (valid for certain) number is unclear to me. I know only two certain valid subspecies at the moment, namely the Tarpan (Equus ferus ferus), and the Przewalksii Horse (Equus ferus przewalskii). They are not seen as separate species anymore. They can successfully interbreed and were once part of the historic range of the wild horse! See article for references! Pmaas 13:37, 21 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Merge proposal

I think the Zebra page is redudant, it covers some of the same information (although incomplete (species)), and together they would make a much better article. Objections? KimvdLinde 03:25, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

I object, I don't want to have sift through horse information to find zebra.

Agreed. This article should remain separate. What sort of encyclopedia would we be if we didn't feature a page on the zebra? It's not like it's a particularly obscure animal. Michaelritchie200 11:52, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

I object as well, because there is a very well established policy that each species gets its own page. I'm going to take down the merger tags for that reason.--M@rēino 22:58, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Equus scotti

Shouldn't Equus scotti be found somewhere on this article? Where should it be put? -- 63.226.38.196 15:57, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

Good catch. -- Kim van der Linde ^{at venus} 16:03, 8 July 2006 (UTC)