Scientific Classification
HORSE
EQUINE
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrate
Class: Mammailian
Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Eutheria
Order: Perissodactyla
Family: Equidae
Common Name: HORSE
EQUINE
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrate
Class: Mammailian
Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Eutheria
Order: Perissodactyla
Family: Equidae
Common Name: HORSE
THE HOOF
The bulbs of the heel: This is the soft, fleshy area where the hoof meets the heel.
Frog: A triangle-shaped squishy area in the hoof. It is designed to absorb shock.
Sulcus of the Frog: A furrow in the frog.
Bars: A ridge in the hoof.
Apex of Frog: This is the pointy tip of the frog.
White Line: A softer area of white hoof that runs along the wall.
Hoof sole: The flat part of the hoof.
Hoof wall: The hard outer part of the hoof.
Heel: The back part of the hoof.
Quarter: The middle part of the heel.
Toe: The tip of the hoof.
The bulbs of the heel: This is the soft, fleshy area where the hoof meets the heel.
Frog: A triangle-shaped squishy area in the hoof. It is designed to absorb shock.
Sulcus of the Frog: A furrow in the frog.
Bars: A ridge in the hoof.
Apex of Frog: This is the pointy tip of the frog.
White Line: A softer area of white hoof that runs along the wall.
Hoof sole: The flat part of the hoof.
Hoof wall: The hard outer part of the hoof.
Heel: The back part of the hoof.
Quarter: The middle part of the heel.
Toe: The tip of the hoof.