ITS NEAREST EXISTING RELATIONS. 75 



Existing Species of Equidce. 



The members of the family Equidm existing at 

 the present time upon the earth are generally con- 

 sidered to belong to one genus, that designated 

 Equus by Linnasus. As, however, a genus is a 

 merely artificial assemblage of allied animals estab- 

 lished for the convenience of nomenclature, zoologists 

 differ greatly among themselves as to the limits that 



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