Equus lenensis Russanov, 1968
Lena horse, Chersky horse
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: 4630 ± 35 years BP (GrA540209, CalPal calibration: 5384 ± 58 calBP) (Boeskorov et al. 2012)
Distribution & Habitat
Russia
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Irena Axmanová, Jan Robovský, Lubomír Tichý, Jiří Danihelka, Elena Troeva, Albert Protopopov and Milan Chytrý. (2020). Habitats of Pleistocene megaherbivores reconstructed from the frozen fauna remains. Ecography 43: 1-11.
Boeskorov, Gennady G. et al. (2014). Preliminary analyses of the frozen mummies of mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius), bison (Bison priscus) and horse (Equus sp.) from the Yana-Indigirka Lowland, Yakutia, Russia. Integrative Zoology 9: 471-480.
Boeskorov, Gennady G. et al. (2018). A study of a frozen mummy of a wild horse from the Holocene of Yakutia, East Siberia, Russia. Mammal Research. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13364-018-0362-4 [Abstract]
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Pushkina, Diana. (2024). Paleoecology and body mass distribution of horses in northern Eurasia during the PleistocenePaleoecology and body mass distribution of horses in northern Eurasia during the Pleistocene. Ann. Zool. Fennici 61: 281-302.
Spasskaya N.N., Pavlinov I.Ya., Sharko F.S., Boulygina E.S., Tsygankova S.V., Nedoluzhko A.V., Boeskorov G.G., Mashchenko E.N. (2021). Morphometric and genetic analyses of diversity of the Lena horse (Equus lenensis Russanov, 1968; Mammalia: Equidae). Russian J. Theriol. 20(1): 82-95. doi: 10.15298/rusjtheriol.20.1.09
von Koenigswald, Wighart. (2026). Diversity and function of the anterior dentitions in fossil and extant mammals. Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12549-025-00690-1
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