| Equus alaskae | |
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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 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Equus alaskae was aPleistocenespecies ofhorse, now extinct, that inhabitedNorth America.[3][4]
Fossils found fromAlaska toMexico have been identified asEquus 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 acowpony.[5][6]
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