''Equus stenonis'' or the Stenon zebra, is an extinct

species In biology, a species is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of ...

of equine closely related to modern

zebras Zebras (, ) (subgenus ''Hippotigris'') are African equines with distinctive black-and-white striped coats. There are three living species: the Grévy's zebra (''Equus grevyi''), plains zebra (''E. quagga''), and the mountain zebra (''E. zeb ...

and asses that inhabited

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in the

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. The African species ''Equus koobiforensis'' and ''E. oldowayensis'' are closely related to ''E. stenonis''. Barron-Ortiz et al. (2019) resurrect the genus ''Allohippus'' for ''Equus stenonis'' based on the results of their cladistic analysis regarding the interrelationships of the genus ''Equus''.

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q15411518 Prehistoric mammals of Europe Prehistoric mammals of Asia Equus (genus) Fossil taxa described in 1867