Aquila chrysaetos simurgh
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Aquila chrysaetos 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.

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It lived during the Pleistocene in Crete with Mammuthus creticus, the smallest mammoth known.

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1. Aquila chrysaetos simurgh Wikipedia article - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquila_chrysaetos_simurgh

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