page_title: Equus occidentalis
hierarchical_section_title: Equus occidentalis
caption_attribution_description: La Brea Tar Pits, Los Angeles
context_page_description: Equus occidentalis or the Western horse, was a Pleistocene 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 kilograms. It was a stoutly built animal and resembled the extinct quagga or the modern plains zebra, although it was not a close relative to either of these.
context_section_description: Equus occidentalis or the Western horse, was a Pleistocene 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 kilograms (1,144 lb). It was a stoutly built animal and resembled the extinct quagga or the modern plains zebra, although it was not a close relative to either of these.
caption: Skeleton from the La Brea tar pits
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