Equidae

• “Equidae is then grouped with two other families, the rhinoceroses and the tapirs, to make up an "order," Perissodactyla, the odd-toed ungulates.”

  Lazarus, Elvis, zombies and Jimmy Hoffa

• “The horse is of the family Equidae that includes the ass, zebra, etc.”

  Simon & Schuster: The Memory Palace

• “Likewise you stay alongside Griselda as the full horrors of the life of the horses in post-war Cairo are revealed and her search for Philomena becomes increasingly desperate, with it comes that complete understanding for those of us not quite so devoted to family Equidae.”

  Our Horses in Egypt

• “Look, remember this, here I am a keen rider forging links with Family Equidae.”

  Such stuff as dreams are made on...

• “Related genera, such as the asses and onagers, are grouped together into "families" -- in this case, the Family Equidae.”

  Lazarus, Elvis, zombies and Jimmy Hoffa

• “Equidae, for example, are almost exclusively used monofunctionally, as there is normally no demand for their meat (compare Harris, 1988).”

  1. Selection of animals

• “Another ligament, peculiar to Equidae -- the accessory (pubiofemoral) -- is attached to the head of the femur near the round ligament and passes through the cotyloid notch and along the under side of the pubis.”

  Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1

• “In nomine patrica, Aragueaco Petrica, Gastellaco Ianicot, Equidae ipordian pot,' 'au nom de Patrique, petrique d'Arragon.”

  The Witch-cult in Western Europe A Study in Anthropology

• “The family Equidae, comprising the living horse, asses, and zebras, differ widely from all other mammals in the peculiar structure of the feet, all of which terminate in a single large toe forming the hoof.”

  Darwinism (1889)

• “We thus see that the Equidae differ very widely in structure from most other mammals.”

  Darwinism (1889)

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