What species was named after him?
Przewalski's horse
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Answer
Przewalski's horse is an endangered subspecies of wild horse that lives in Central Asia. It was named after Nikolai Przewalski, a Russian explorer who first described it in 1881. Przewalski's horse is one of the few truly wild horse species that still exist, and it is considered a national treasure in Mongolia.
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