| system | Vitae - living organisms |
| domain | Eukaryota Whittaker & Margulis, 1978 - lifeforms with nucletic cells |
| superregnum | Unikonta |
| system | Opisthokonta Cavalier-Smith, 1987 |
| kingdom | Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - animals |
| subregnum | Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910 |
| divisio | Bilateria Hatschek, 1888 - bilaterians |
| subdivisio | Deuterostomia - deuterostomes |
| phylum | Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates |
| subphylum | Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812 - vertebrates |
| infraphylum | Gnathostomata Zittel, 1879 - jawed vertebrates |
| superclassis | Tetrapoda Gaffney, 1979 - four-limbed vertebrates |
| class | Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals |
| subclass | Theria Parker & Haswell, 1897 |
| infraclass | Eutheria Thomas Henry Huxley, 1880 |
| superorder | Laurasiatheria Waddell et al., 1999 |
| order | Perissodactyla Owen, 1848 - odd-toed ungulates |
| suborder | Hippomorpha Wood, 1937 |
| family | Equidae Gray, 1821 - horses |
| genus | Equus Linnaeus, 1758 - horses |
| subgenus | Equus Linnaeus, 1758 - true horses |
| species | Equus ferus P. Boddaert, 1785 - Horse |
| form | Equus ferus f. caballus Linnaeus, 1758 - Domestic Horse |
| group of breeds | Equus ferus f. caballus "Heavy Horses" - Heavy Horses |
| breed | Equus ferus f. caballus "Jutland" - Jutland horse |