Equus can knock itself out if using too much stamina while buck kicking. This can happen in the middle of the fight. Potentially getting your equus killed

I am literally lost in the desert on a horse with no name.

Don't Listen to people who say that they are waste of time. If are probably used they will be the best early game dino ever and in taming you just have to complete hunt Megapirana task and you will get a 10X smoothing balm and then gather 8 to 10 bushes and you will get 2 carrots then just go and tame it.
BEST THINGS ABOUT THEM IS THAT THEY DO A CONTINUOUS TORPOR DAMAGE WITH THEIR KICK NOT LIKE OTHER CREATURES LIKE PACHY AND SCORPION. AND YOU AND EASILY MAKE NARCOTICS IN THEM SO THEY ARE VERY GOOD FOR TAMING.
BTW THIS IS MY FIRST TIP.

These are great to tame. Their a bit hard though because their sensitive. I use the Equus and Unicorn a lot. Gathering but mostly taming. I've tamed T-rexes, Brontos, Thylas and more with them. Just level up the heath, stamina, movement speed, and melee a bit and... There ya go! Perfect taming mount. :)

Very good beginner tame because you can do torpor damage using the kick and it requires no saddle to ride

Equus are so good on genesis for starting, so many times have I knocked out bigger and stronger dinos with their kick so I wouldn't have to use precious resource. Plus they are great berry harvester so you can mass gather narcoberries and mejoberries before you get mammoths or other gathering dinos. You should definitely consider this as a great starter tame on any map as they are a passive tame.
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They can walk up stairs.
Not sure what to do with that information...

Give it a lick. It tastes just like raisins. It's amazing.

These guys are good starter tames in ark because you dont need a saddle to ride 1 also if it's a high level like level 100 tame it they have good hp, weight, stamina etc. Also if you encumbered you can ride this guy and put your stuff I'm him

I recommend an Equus for those travelers, it has amazing speed, can hold a ton of Weight, and i use it for all of exploring.