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Equini is the only living tribe of the subfamily Equinae, which has lived worldwide (except Australia) since the Hemingfordian stage of the Middle Miocene (16–0 mya). It is considered to be a monophyletic clade.

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Equini is the only living tribe of the subfamily Equinae, which has lived worldwide (except Australia) since the Hemingfordian stage of the Middle Miocene (16–0 mya). It is considered to be a monophyletic clade.

==Taxonomy== Tribe: Equini Genus: † Astrohippus Genus: † Calippus Genus: † Dinohippus Genus: Equus – living horses, asses, and zebras Genus: † Haringtonhippus North America extinct. c. 11,000 years ago Genus: † Hippidion South America extinct. c. 11,000 years ago Genus: † Onohippidium Genus: † Pliohippus Genus: † Protohippus

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