Aquila chrysaetos simurgh
| Aquila chrysaetos simurgh | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Accipitriformes |
| Family: | Accipitridae |
| Genus: | Aquila |
| Species: | A. chrysaetos |
| Subspecies: | A. c. simurgh |
| Trinomial name | |
| Aquila chrysaetos simurgh | |
| Synonyms | |
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Aquila simurgh | |
Aquila chrysaetos simurgh is an extinct subspecies of the widespread golden eagle. Fossils are found in Crete; it was sometimes evaluated as a full species.
Ecology
It lived during the Pleistocene in Crete with Mammuthus creticus, the smallest mammoth known.
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