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Hagerman horse
Extinct species of mammal / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Equus simplicidens, sometimes known as the Hagerman horse or the American zebra is an extinct species in the horse family native to North America during the Pliocene and Early Pleistocene.[1][2] It is one of the oldest and most primitive members of the genus Equus. It is the state fossil of Idaho, where its abundant remains were discovered in 1928, specifically in Hagerman, Idaho.[5] They are also known from other US states including Arizona, California, Texas, Nebraska and Kansas.[2]
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Hagerman horse | |
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Mounted skeleton of a Hagerman horse | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Perissodactyla |
Family: | Equidae |
Genus: | Equus |
Species: | †E. simplicidens |
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†Equus simplicidens | |
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