NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Domestic Horse
Equus caballus Linnaeus, 1758
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Equus caballus Linnaeus, 1758
- Name authority
- Linnaeus, 1758
- Common name
- Domestic Horse
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Perissodactyla
- Family
- Equidae
- Genus
- Equus
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classMammalia Linnaeus, 1758
- subclassTheria Parker & Haswell, 1897
- infraclassEutheria Gill, 1872
- orderPerissodactyla Owen, 1848
- familyEquidae Gray, 1821
- genusEquus Linnaeus, 1758
- speciesEquus caballus Linnaeus, 1758
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Equus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Cape mountain zebraEquus zebra Linnaeus, 1758 | EquidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Przewalski's HorseEquus przewalskii Poliakov, 1881 | EquidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Plains ZebraEquus quagga Boddaert, 1785 | EquidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| KiangEquus kiang Moorcroft, 1841 | EquidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Grevy's ZebraEquus grevyi Oustalet, 1882 | EquidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Equus ferus caballus Linnaeus, 1758 Linnaeus, 1758 | synonym |
| Equus caballus caballus Linnaeus, 1758 Linnaeus, 1758 | synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Caribbean
Europe & Northern Asia (excluding China)
North America
Oceania
South America
Southern Asia
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=180691 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:7TKN2. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.