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Horses / by Dossenbach, Hans D.,1936-(CARDINAL)150628;
Includes bibliography.This book discusses the history, physical characteristics, and native environments of various wild and domestic members of the horse family.Accelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Equidae.; Horses.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Craniometry of the Equidæ. / by Osborn, Henry Fairfield,1857-1935.(CARDINAL)151353;
Bibliography: page 100.
Subjects: Horses.; Skull.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Fossil horses : systematics, paleobiology, and evolution of the family Equidae / by MacFadden, Bruce J.(CARDINAL)337066;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-356) and indexes.1. Introduction: Why study fossil horses? The lore of horses and humans. Rationale, purpose, and scope -- 2. A renaissance in paleontology. The growth of vertebrate paleontology. The past few decades: a modern renaissance. New fossil discoveries. The new paleobiology -- 3. Orthogenesis and scientific thought: old notions die hard. The foundations of orthogenesis. Marsh and fossil horses. Orthogenetic concepts and causality. Other views of fossil horses: a complexly branching tree. The spread of orthogenesis: old notions die hard -- 4. Collections, museums, and exceptional discoveries. The antiquity and development of collecting fossil vertebrates. The importance of museum collections. Fossil horses, exceptional discoveries, and Lagerstatten: six case studies. Epilogue: conservation of threatened sites -- 5. Systematics and phylogeny: Ungulata, Perissodactyla, and. Equidae. History of development of systematic thought: Ungulata and Perissodactyla. Monophyly and close relatives of the Perissodactyla. Perissodactyl clades: the cast of characters. The phylogenetic position of Hyracotherium. Grades, clades, and horses. Major clades of New World Equidae. Comments on the systematics of the Equidae.6. Isotopes, magnetic reversals, fossils, and geological time. Relative geological time. "Absolute" geological time: isotopes and paleomagnetism. Development of Cenozoic land-mammal Chronology and fossil horses. Concluding remarks -- 7. Ancient geography, changing climates, dispersal, and vicariance. Biogeography before plate tectonics. Determinants of land-mammal distribution. Centers of origin and patterns of dispersal. Plate tectonics, Noah's Arks, vicariance, and isotopes. Distribution of fossil horses throughout the Cenozoic. Concluding comments -- 8. Evolutionary processes: variation, speciation, and extinction. Phenotypic variation and selection: the raw material and evolutionary catalyst. Species recognition in paleontology. Interpreting anagenesis and cladogenesis from the fossil record: theoretical and practical considerations. Speciation of fossil horses in North America. Key characters, adaptive radiations, and clade evolution. Extinction -- 9. Rates of morphological and taxonomic evolution. Quantifying rates of morphological evolution: Haldane and darwins. Rates of morphological change in fossil horses. Allometry and scaling of horse evolution: Does ontogeny recapitulate phylogeny?Cenozoic terrestrial communities in North America and fossil horses. Patterns of community structure: selected topics related to fossil horses. Concluding comments on paleoecology of Cenozoic mammals -- 14. Epilogue. Dominant themes. The future of paleontology. Concluding comments: So, where do we go from here? -- App. I. Abbreviations and conventions used in the text -- App. II. Classification of the Equidae.Taxonomic evolution: origination, duration, and extinction. Concluding remarks: Are evolutionary rates gradual or punctuated? -- 10. Trends, laws, direction, and progress in evolution. Fossil horses and classic trends in evolution. Cope's law and the evolution of body size in horses. Dollo's law, atavisms, and the irreversibility of evolution. Progress and purpose in evolution -- 11. What's the use? Functional morphology of feeding and locomotion. Feeding: herbivorous ungulates and hypsodonty. Horses and herbivory. Locomotion and the evolution of cursoriality. Concluding comment: horse chauvinism -- 12. Population dynamics, behavioral ecology, and "paleoethology" Behavioral ecology and social organization of modern equids. Behavioral ecology and social organization of fossil horses: juggling the parameters. Sex in fossil horses. Age structure and population dynamics. Evolution of body size, vegetation, habitat, and climate: implications for the population biology of fossil Equidae. Evolution of selected life-history strategies from Hyracotherium to Equus: a summary. Concluding remarks: Does behavior fossilize? -- 13. Fifty-eight million years of community evolution. Chronofaunas and paleoguilds.
Subjects: Horses, Fossil.; Horses; Horses; Paleontology; Equidae, Fossil.; Equidae; Equidae;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Horses / by Morris, Dean.(CARDINAL)709223;
Bibliography: pages 46-47.Discusses the history and training of horses and other members of their family as domesticated animals.
Subjects: Horses; Equidae;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 4
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Wild horses : galloping through time / by Halls, Kelly Milner,1957-(CARDINAL)317862;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 68-70) and index.Small beginnings : prehistoric horses -- Horses of the world -- Wild horses of Eastern Europe and Asia -- Wild horses of Western Europe -- Wild horses of the Middle East -- Wild horses of Africa -- Wild horses of the Americas -- Let the rescue begin!Introduces the horse family tree including the relatives of today's modern horse that are now extinct, as well as the species of zebras and asses that still live in the wild.1190LAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Fiction.; Equidae; Horse Family;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 4
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The horse family / by Harvey, Bev.(CARDINAL)662596;
Simple text compares and contrasts members of the horse family in terms of where they live, body features, eating habits, and size. Species featured include zebras, onagers, African wild asses, donkeys, Przewalski's horses, and domesticated horses.Accelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Equidae; Horse family (Mammals);
Available copies: 5 / Total copies: 5
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Horses : what do wild horses like mustangs and ponies get up to all day? / by York, Carly Anne,author.; Prabhat, Chaaya,illustrator.(CARDINAL)898053;
"Set over the course of one day, discover how different horses spend their time--from brumbies in the Australian outback to mustangs on the American plains." --Grades 2-3Ages 6-8910L
Subjects: Informational works.; Equidae; Horses; Wild horses;
Available copies: 14 / Total copies: 19
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Horse / by Clutton-Brock, Juliet.(CARDINAL)329931;
A photo essay introducing members of the horse family, their evolution, behavior, importance, history, breeding, and training. Includes major international breeds of domestic horses.1250LAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Horses; Equus; Horse breeds; Equidae;
Available copies: 11 / Total copies: 15
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Horse / by Clutton-Brock, Juliet.(CARDINAL)329931; Young, Jerry,illustrator.(CARDINAL)317305; Shone, Karl,illustrator.(CARDINAL)197292;
A photo essay introducing members of the horse family, their evolution, behavior, importance, history, breeding, and training. Includes major international breeds of domestic horses.1250LAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Horses; Equus; Horse breeds; Equidae; Horses.; Horse breeds.;
Available copies: 22 / Total copies: 27
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Horse / by Clutton-Brock, Juliet,author.(CARDINAL)329931; Young, Jerry,illustrator.(CARDINAL)317305; Shone, Karl,illustrator.(CARDINAL)197292;
Horse family -- How horses evolved -- Bones and teeth -- Senses and behavior -- Mares and foals -- Wild asses -- Seeing stripes -- Ancient ancestors -- Horses in history -- Donkey work -- Mules and hinnies -- Shoes and shoeing -- Bits and pieces -- Exploring by horse -- To the Americans -- Running wild -- Horses from around the world -- More breeds and colors -- War-horses -- Age of chivalry -- Traveling by horse -- Horse-drawn vehicles -- Heavy horses -- Horse power -- Light draft work -- Horse in North America -- Sporting horses -- Horses for courses -- Useful ponies -- Index.A photo essay introducing members of the horse family, their evolution, behavior, importance, history, breeding, and training. Includes major international breeds of domestic horses.1250LAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Horses; Equus; Horse breeds; Horse family (Mammals); Equidae;
Available copies: 6 / Total copies: 8
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