Equus namadicus

{{Short description|Extinct species of mammal}}

{{Speciesbox

| fossil_range = Pleistocene

| image = Equus namadicus.JPG

| image_caption = Fossil

| extinct = yes

| genus = Equus

| species = namadicus

| authority = Falconer and Cautley, 1849

}}

Equus namadicus is a prehistoric equid, known from remains dating to the Middle and Late Pleistocene from across the Indian subcontinent, with its last dated records being approximately 29–14,000 years ago.{{Cite journal |last1=Jukar |first1=A. M. |last2=Lyons |first2=S. K. |last3=Wagner |first3=P. J. |last4=Uhen |first4=M. D. |date=2021-01-15 |title=Late Quaternary extinctions in the Indian Subcontinent |journal=Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology |language=en |volume=562 |pages=110137 |doi=10.1016/j.palaeo.2020.110137 |bibcode=2021PPP...56210137J |s2cid=228877664 |issn=0031-0182|doi-access=free }} It is considered a "stenonine horse", related to species like the European Equus stenonis, meaning that it is probably more closely related to zebras and asses than true horses. It is relatively large in size.{{Cite journal |last1=Cirilli |first1=Omar |last2=Machado |first2=Helena |last3=Arroyo-Cabrales |first3=Joaquin |last4=Barrón-Ortiz |first4=Christina I. |last5=Davis |first5=Edward |last6=Jass |first6=Christopher N. |last7=Jukar |first7=Advait M. |last8=Landry |first8=Zoe |last9=Marín-Leyva |first9=Alejandro H. |last10=Pandolfi |first10=Luca |last11=Pushkina |first11=Diana |last12=Rook |first12=Lorenzo |last13=Saarinen |first13=Juha |last14=Scott |first14=Eric |last15=Semprebon |first15=Gina |date=September 2022 |title=Evolution of the Family Equidae, Subfamily Equinae, in North, Central and South America, Eurasia and Africa during the Plio-Pleistocene |journal=Biology |language=en |volume=11 |issue=9 |pages=1258 |doi=10.3390/biology11091258 |pmid=36138737 |pmc=9495906 |issn=2079-7737 |doi-access=free }} It is very similar to the earlier Equus sivalensis, also from the Indian subcontinent, from which it only differs in size and in subtle aspects of dental anatomy,{{Citation |last=Azzaroli |first=A. |title=The Genus Equus in Europe |date=1990 |url=http://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-1-4899-2513-8_20 |work=European Neogene Mammal Chronology |pages=339–356 |editor-last=Lindsay |editor-first=Everett H. |place=Boston, MA |publisher=Springer US |language=en |doi=10.1007/978-1-4899-2513-8_20 |isbn=978-1-4899-2515-2 |access-date=2022-06-28 |editor2-last=Fahlbusch |editor2-first=Volker |editor3-last=Mein |editor3-first=Pierre|url-access=subscription }} and it has sometimes been suggested to be a synonym of it.{{Cite journal |last1=Sun |first1=Boyang |last2=Liu |first2=Wenhui |last3=Liu |first3=Jinyuan |last4=Liu |first4=Li |last5=Jin |first5=Changzhu |date=July 2021 |title=Equus qingyangensis in Jinyuan Cave and its palaeozoographic significance |journal=Quaternary International |language=en |volume=591 |pages=35–46 |doi=10.1016/j.quaint.2020.10.076|bibcode=2021QuInt.591...35S |s2cid=228830965 |doi-access=free }}