ID: 33452
pID: 503181
Taxonomic rank: 33
Author of the record: Francesco Vitali
Created: 2004-09-28 15:31:38 - User Ondřej Zicha
Last change: 2008-12-13 16:03:57 - User Ondřej Zicha
URL: http://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id33452/ Text function: [[t:33452;Equus asinus]]
Although Equus asinus is older than Equus africanus, the ICZN (Opinion 2027, Case 3010) decided to "conserve the usage of 17 specific names based on wild species, which are pre-dated by or contemporary with those based on domestic forms".
Hence, taxonomists who consider the domestic horse a subspecies of the wild horse should use Equus africanus asinus.
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