Equus alaskae
Extinct Pleistocene species of horse
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Equus alaskae was a Pleistocene species of horse, now extinct, that inhabited North America.[3][4]
| Equus alaskae Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Perissodactyla |
| Family: | Equidae |
| Genus: | Equus |
| Subgenus: | incertae sedis |
| Species: | †E. alaskae |
| Binomial name | |
| †Equus alaskae Winans 1989[1] | |
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Fossils found from Alaska to Mexico have been identified as Equus alaskae, and it has been referred to as the most common equid in the southwest of North America.[5] The species was medium to small-sized, around the dimensions of a cowpony.[5][6]