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The horse (Equus ferus caballus) [2] [3] is a domesticated, one-toed, hoofed mammal. It belongs to the taxonomic family Equidae and is one of two extant subspecies of Equus ferus. The horse has evolved over the past 45 to 55 million years from a small multi-toed creature, close to Eohippus, into the large, single-toed animal of today.
- List of Horse Breeds
The following list of horse and pony breeds includes...
- List of Horse Breeds
Horses, plains zebras, and mountain zebras live in stable, closed family groups or harems consisting of one adult male, several females, and their offspring. These groups have their own home ranges , which overlap and they tend to be nomadic.
The following list of horse and pony breeds includes standardized breeds, some strains within breeds that are considered distinct populations, types of horses with common characteristics that are not necessarily standardized breeds but are sometimes described as such, and terms that describe groupings of several breeds with similar characteristics.
Quarter Horse – amerykańska rasa konia, która wyróżnia się w sprintach na krótkie odległości. Koń o bardzo dobrym, atletycznym umięśnieniu. Delikatna, o klinowatym kształcie głowy, małe uszy i duże oczy.
26 paź 2024 · Horse, a hoofed herbivorous mammal of the family Equidae. It comprises a single species, Equus caballus, divided into numerous varieties. Between about 6,000 years ago, when it was domesticated, and the emergence of mechanized vehicles, it was used as a draft animal and as one of the chief means of transportation.
equine, one of the mammal family of Equidae (order Perissodactyla) that includes the modern horses, zebras, and asses, as well as more than 60 species known only from fossils. All six modern members of the family are placed in the genus Equus.
26 paź 2024 · Horse - Evolution, Domestication, Anatomy: The history of the horse family, Equidae, began during the Eocene Epoch. Eohippus (Hyracotherium) was the first ancestral horse to appear. The line leading from Eohippus to Equus, the modern horse, includes Orohippus, Epihippus, Mesohippus, Miohippus, Parahippus, Merychippus, and Pliohippus.
