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fluffyheretic asked:
you wouldnt happen to know anything about whether horses are more closely related to dogs or cows, would you? im not finding clear info on it but id really like to know!
kaijutegu answered:
Let’s see where they fit on the phylogenetic tree!
Here’s a link to the full version because i think tumblr is gonna make this one impossible to use: https://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2011/10/31/a-new-phylogeny-of-the-mammals/#jp-carousel-47554
And here is a version with dogs, cows, and horses very hastily highlighted!
As you can see here, if you trace back equidae (horses), bovidae (includes cows), and canidae (dogs), equidae and bovidae share a more recent common ancestor than either of those groups and canidae- so horses and cows are closer than either of them to dogs!
