Przewalski
Introduction: The only truly wild breed left in the world! If you have any comments or suggestions, please click here.
Names: Przewalski, Przewalski's Horse, Przewalski's Wild Horse, Asiatic or Mongolian Wild Horse. Przewalski (pronounced sha-val-ski) was the surname of the man that discovered this breed; it has various spellings depending on who is writing it! I usually use this one. (Beware! One source had a note about "the Mongolian Pony" and had a picture of the Przewalski! The note stated that "the Mongolian Pony is descended from the ancient native ponies of Mongolia, which the local tribes used as pack animals. These nomadic people traveled widely." This would tell me that they were actually talking about the Mongolian Pony.)
Origin: In 1879 Colonel Przewalski discovered some of these truly wild horses still living on the border of China and Outer Mongolia, in a small area of the Gobi Desert. With discovery, their numbers were reduced until, from being the rarest animal in the world, Przewalski's horse was once more thought to be extinct--except for a few small herds kept in some European zoos. Then, in 1966, a stallion and seven mares were sighted near the Chinese border. Even those supposedly true wild horses may have crossed at some time with feral horses that roam the region, and since they galloped into Communist China nothing further is known of them.
Breeding: Only about 300 exist, some in zoos, others in herds in Gobi Desert, Mongolia.
Description:
Color: Bay or dun color.
Hair: Upright mane and thin tail.
Head: Large.
Size: 12-14 hands.
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