Posted on 02/14/2025 7:59:28 PM PST by SunkenCiv
Exactly? Can they inter- reproduce with other horses and produce fertile offspring? If yes, they’re the same species.
Due to their endangered status, they play a vital role in conservation efforts...
How so? Don’t they just say “neigh”?
I hoof no idea.
Dang! Those are some old horses! /rimshot!
My pleasure.
Wild Horses (the Rolling Stones song)
version by Old and in the Way:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgH3vGeL_iY
Horse Gene Map | ILAR Journal | Oxford AcademicThe domestic horse belongs to the genus Equus, which is composed of 9 extant species including horses, donkeys, hemiones, and zebras ( Table 1 ). The horse evolved in North America approximately 3.5 to 5 million yr ago and migrated to the Asian/European continent across the Bering Strait before becoming extinct in the Americas between 20,000 and 10,000 yr ago ( Simpson 1951 ). The horses and donkeys populating North America today are descendants of those reintroduced from Europe, Africa, and Asia over the last 500 years.Adapted from Lear 1997
Genus/species Common name Chromosome no. (2N) Equus przewalskii Mongolian wild horse 66 Equus caballus Domestic horse 64 Equus asinus Domestic ass/donkey 62 Equus hemionus onager Persian wild ass 56 Equus hemionus kulan Kulan 54/55 Equus kiang Kiang, Asian wild ass 51/52 Equus grevyi Grevy's zebra 46 Equus burchelli Burchelli's zebra, common zebra 44 Equus zebra hartmannae Hartmann's mountain zebra 32
Getting your horse to “join up” is one of the deepest bonds you can have. I miss my old Canadian mare, Jess. I used to go out to her stall and sing to her, amd she’d lower her head and her eyes would go all soft. She loved her dad, and we were all joind up. She would do for me. She was a good judge of character. She bit my ex on her ass one day.
A neighbor of ours had a Norwegian Fjord named Trolls. I was surprised at how small he was, but he was quite strong and easily pulled a cart with 2 men in it. He loved that horse.
Especially for a teen girl.
:^) Good name!
My daughter has a two-year old Norwegian Fjord filly. She’s a wonderful horse.
Tonopah, that’s near where I live.
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