Are cows and horses related?

Horses and cattle both belong to a superclass of the placental mammals known as the Laurasiatheria, but their ancestors diverged from each other more than 80 million years ago. read more

Horses and cattle both belong to a superclass of the placental mammals known as the Laurasiatheria, but their ancestors diverged from each other more than 80 million years ago. They're actually about as distantly-related to each other, as either is, to other members of that superclass, such as cats, dogs, pigs, hippos, and aquatic mammals such as whales, dolphins, seals, and so on. read more

No. Horses are equids and cows are bovids, which means that they are two very different species. However, horses and cattle are related in the fact that they are both mammals and are both herbivores, and both are hooved animals. But that's where the similarities end. read more

The peaceful equids (horses, donkeys and zebras) were enslaved by the human race to do our bidding -- sorry, domesticated-- several thousand years ago, and since that time they've been an invaluable resource for transportation, agriculture, warfare, companionship and sometimes-horrifying entertainment. read more