Prezwalski's horse, (Equus ferus przewalskii), Whipsnade Zoo,Hertfordshire,United Kingdom
A truly wild horse is a species or subspecies with no ancestors that were ever domesticated. Therefore, most "wild" horses today are actually feral horses, animals that escaped or were turned loose from domestic herds and the descendants of those animals. Only two never-domesticated subspecies, the Tarpan and the Przewalski's Horse, survived into recorded history and only the latter survives today. The Przewalski's horse (Equus ferus przewalskii), named after the Russian explorer Nikolai Przhevalsky, is a rare Asian animal. It is also known as the Mongolian wild horse; Mongolian people know it as the taki, and the Kyrgyz people call it a kirtag. The subspecies was presumed extinct in the wild between 1969 and 1992, while a small breeding population survived in zoos around the world. In 1992, it was reestablished in the wild due to the conservation efforts of numerous zoos. Today, a small wild breeding population exists in are additional animals still maintained at zoos throughout the world.
Size: 3464px × 2569px
Location: Whipsnade Zoo,Hertfordshire,United Kingdom,Great Britain
Photo credit: © Dominic Robinson / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: animal, animals, asia, equine, equus, ferus, hertfordshire, history, horse, horses, kingdom, kirtag, mammal, mammals, mongolian, natural, nature, prezwalski, prezwalskis, protected, przewalski, przewalskii, przewalskis, reproduction, smelling, species, stallion, status, subject, subjects, tahki, tahkis, takhi, takhis, taki, type, ungulate, ungulates, united, whipsnade, wild, wildlife, zoo
