Extinct Horses

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Use this section to access resources about the horses known from the southwestern US.

Equus occidentalis

Equus occidentalis - University of Texas at El Paso.

Western horse or Equus occidentalis, Extinct Equidae - The Equinist

Diet of extinct herbivores - Abstract only

Occurence of E. occidentalis (starts around page 10) - Peer reviewed paper


Use this section to access resources about the horses known from Brazil.

Hippidion principale                                            H. devillei

Hippidion - Revolvy

Pleistocene record of Equus and Hippidion in Brazil - paper in Spanish

Pleistocene Equus (Amerhippus) and Hippidion (Mammalia, Perissodactyla) from Brazil. Paleoecological and biogeographical considerations - requires free registration to ResearchGate

Review of the genus Hippidion Owen, 1869 (Mammalia: Perissodactyla) from the Pleistocene of South America - abstract only

Carbon isotope in tooth enamel of Pleistocenic megamammals from Alagoas and Pernambuco, northeastern Brazil - abstract only

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