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Horse

Equus caballus

Classification

Family
Equidae

Equus neogeus is an extinct species of equine native to South America during the Pleistocene. It was formerly thought to be several distinct species within the subgenus Amerhippus, but was later shown to be a single morphologically variable species. It is thought to be closely related to true horses.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Netherlands · 5,042Germany · 1,045Spain · 671United Kingdom · 390Brazil · 110Italy · 86Belgium · 60France · 23Peru · 23Luxembourg · 4Switzerland · 3