Equus - type genus of the Equidae: only surviving genus of the family EquidaeEquus caballus, horse - solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times ass - hardy and sure-footed animal smaller and with longer ears than the horse mule - sterile offspring of a male donkey and a female horse hinny - sterile offspring of a male horse and a female donkey or ass wild ass - any of several plain-colored equine mammals of Asia and northeast Africa zebra - any of several fleet black-and-white striped African equines Equus quagga, quagga - mammal of South Africa that resembled a zebra; extinct since late 19th century |