262 MAMMALIA. 
Fam. 2. Equip... 
Two middle toes soldered into one; covered with a single hoof; 
lateral toes subequal. Cutting teeth 66. Canines 5. Gullet 
and stomach simple. Using the hind feet in defence. 
Q. Solipeda seu Solidungula, Ray, Syn. 62, 1693. ; 
Solidungula, Iliiger, Prod. 100, 1811; Bronn, Index Pal. u. 707. 
M. Belluz pars, Linn. S. N. ed. 12. 27, 1766. 
M. Jumenta, Storr. Prod. Mam. 1780. 
Les Solidipedes, Cuv. Tab. Elem.1798; Desm. N. D. H. N. xxiv. 
55, 1804; Dum. Z. A. 1806 ; Latr. Fam. N. 62, 1825; F. Cun. 
Dict. Sci. Nat. lix. 516; Geoff. Mem. Mus. H. N. x. 165. 
Les Pachydermes Solipedes, Cuvier, R. A. i. 243, 1817, ed. 2. 
2D: 
Stereoplia, Stereopodia, Solipedia, Rafinesque, Anal. Nat. 55, 
1815. 
Pachyderma Solipedia, Owen, Brit. Foss. Mam. 383, 1846. 
Pachyderma Solidipedes, Eichw. Zool. Spee. i. 351, 1831. 
Q. Monochene, Gray, I. Med. Repos. xv. (1821) 306. 
Equide, Gray, LL. M. Repos. xv. 307, 1821; Ann. Phil. 1825; 
List Mam. B. M. 182; List Osteol. Spec. B. M. 70; Ham. 
Smith, Jardine’s Nat. Library, xu. 
Equi, Wagler, N. Syst. Amph. 4, 1830. 
Solipedia, Equide, Selys Longchamps, 1842. 
Solipedia, J. Brookes, Mus. Cat. 17, 1828. 
M. Perissodactyles Paleotheriens, Pomet, Rev. Zool. 1848, 182. 
Solidungula, Fam. Equide, Lesson, N. T. Reg. Anim. 165, 1842. 
Anomalipoda, part., Pallas, Zool. Ross. Asiat. 1. 254, 1831. 
Equus, Linn. ; F. Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat. lix. 54, 1829. 
The Equide form two genera, but the species of them, viz. 
the Horse and the various species of the second group, breed 
together freely in confinement, but the produce is almost always 
(if not always) barren. 
SyNOPSIS OF THE GENERA. 
1. Eavus. Tail covered with long hair to the base; the fore 
and hind legs with a wart (sallenders) on the inner side. . 
2. Astnus. Tail with short hair at the base and long at the 
end ; the hind leg without any wart on the inner side. 
1. Eauus. 
Tail covered with long hair to the base. Fur dappled, that fs, 
marked with round pale spots having a dark net-like ground. — 
