Equus occidentalis
| Equus occidentalis | |
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| Skeleton in Carnegie Museum of Natural History | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Perissodactyla |
| Family: | Equidae |
| Genus: | Equus |
| Species: | †E. occidentalis |
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†Equus occidentalis Owen, 1863 |
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Equus occidentalis or the Western horse, was a species of horse, now extinct, that inhabited North America.
This species represents the larger end of the prehistoric horse spectrum - it was about the size of a mustang, weighing up to 519 kg (1144 lbs). It was a stoutly built animal and resembled the extinct quagga or the modern plains zebra, although it was not a close relative of either or these species.
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