Pleistocene Herbivores and their Predators

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Ice Age Mammals of North America by Ian M. Lange.

Odd-Toed Ungulates - Order Perissodactyla. There were a variety of horses living in North America during the Pleistocene; all of them went extinct but were later replaced by horses brought in from Europe long after the last Ice Age. Pleistocene horses included: the giant horse Equus giganteus which weighed roughly 1,150 pounds and the pygmy onager Equus tau, a slender-legged donkey weighing roughly 550 pounds. Perhaps the most common horse was called Scott's horse ( Equus scotti ) which was the size of the modern mustang.

There were tapirs living in North America; family Tapiridae. These included Merriam's tapir ( Tapirus merriami ), the Vero tapir ( Tapirus veroensis ), Cope's tapir ( Tapirus copei ), and the California tapir ( Tapirus californicus ). There were no rhinoceros in North America during the Pleistocene. Reply