Aquila chrysaetos simurgh

Aquila chrysaetos simurgh is an extinct subspecies of the widespread golden eagle. Its fossils are found in Crete; it was sometimes evaluated as a full species.^[1]

Aquila chrysaetos simurgh Temporal range: Late Pleistocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Accipitriformes
Family:	Accipitridae
Genus:	Aquila
Species:	A. chrysaetos
Subspecies:	†A. c. simurgh
Trinomial name
†Aquila chrysaetos simurgh Weesie, 1988
Synonyms
Aquila simurgh

Ecology

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