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African Ass: Equus africanus - http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/wildfacts/factfiles/625.shtml
Factsheet on this critically endangered species, its description, behavior and reproduction.

African Wild Ass (Equus asinus) - http://www.edgeofexistence.org/mammals/species_info.php?id=13
Fact sheet from EDGE, a conservation organization that focuses specifically on threatened species that represent a significant amount of unique evolutionary history.

Animal Web: Equidae - http://www.animalweb.com/animalworld/family-equidae.asp
Information on the Mountain, Grevy's and Plains Zebra.

Asiatic Ass: Equus hermionus - http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/wildfacts/factfiles/626.shtml
Factsheet on this wild relative of the domestic donkey, its description, distribution and biology, with several photographs.

Back from the Brink - http://www.gluckman.com/MongoHorse.html
Article about the rescue campaign for the nearly extinct Przewalski horse.

Equus caballus: The Horse - http://bioweb.uwlax.edu/bio203/s2008/posta_kels/
Research project by Kelsey Posta on this domesticated mammal including its classification, habitat, reproduction, adaptations, nutrition and interactions with other species.

Foundation for the Preservation and Protection of the Przewalski Horse - http://www.treemail.nl/takh/
Information on this equine from Mongolia which is the sole surviving genuine wild horse in the world.

Grevy's Zebra (Equus grevyi) - http://www.edgeofexistence.org/mammals/species_info.php?id=82
Fact sheet from EDGE on this endangered species from East Africa.

Grevy's Zebra: Equus grevyi - http://bioweb.uwlax.edu/bio203/s2008/price_alex/
Research project by Alexandra Price on this, the largest of the zebra species, including its history, habitat, reproduction, adaptations, nutrition and classification.

International Museum of the Horse: Horse Breeds of the World - http://www.imh.org/museum/breeds.php?pageid=8
History and breed characteristics organized by continent and name.

Mountain Zebra (Equus zebra) - http://www.edgeofexistence.org/mammals/species_info.php?id=83
Fact sheet from EDGE on this endangered species from Namibia and South Africa.

National Park Service: Assateague's Wild Horses - http://www.nps.gov/asis/naturescience/horses.htm
Discusses the feral horses of Assateague Island, Maryland, USA.

Onager (Equus onager) - http://www.edgeofexistence.org/mammals/species_info.php?id=14
Fact sheet from EDGE, a conservation organization that focuses specifically on threatened species that represent a significant amount of unique evolutionary history.

Plains Zebra: Equus burchellii - http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/wildfacts/factfiles/628.shtml
Factsheet on this mammal from East Africa, its description, distribution and biology, with several photographs.

Propalaeotherium: Propalaeotherium parvulum - http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/wildfacts/factfiles/434.shtml
Factsheet on this extinct species, with a photograph of what it would have looked like.

Sable Island Horses - http://www.greenhorsesociety.com/Horses/Horses.htm
Describes the wild horses of Sable Island, Canada.

Sable Island Photographs - http://sableislandhorse.com
Photographs of some of the 300 free-roaming feral horses that live on this island off Nova Scotia.

The Donkey - http://bioweb.uwlax.edu/bio203/s2009/wells_kels
Research project on Equus asinus by Kelsey Wells at the University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse.

The Quagga Project - http://www.quaggaproject.org/
Attempts to breed through selection a population of Plains Zebras, which in its external appearance, and possibly genetically as well, will be closer, if not identical to the former population known as "Quagga", which was exterminated during the second half of the 19th century.

theBigZoo.com: Grevy's Zebra - http://www.thebigzoo.com/Animals/Grevys_Zebra.asp
Facts, photos and videos of Grevy's Zebra.

University of Michigan Museum of Zoology - http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/chordata/mammalia/perissodactyla/equidae.html
Many details and links to information about the family Equidae.

Western Horse: Equus occidentalis - http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/wildfacts/factfiles/3054.shtml
Factsheet on this horse, also known as the Western Quagga, which became extinct about 11,000 years ago.

Wild Horses: an American Romance - http://www.netnebraska.org/extras/wildhorses/
History and current state of wild horses in America.

Zebra: Equus burchellii - http://www.neilshedden.com/africa/zebra.htm
Brief description and photographs taken by Neil Shedden on safari.

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