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| - Also called the Mongolian Wild Horse, or Asian Wild Horse, this was named after Colonel Nicolai Przewalski, who, in 1881, discovered a herd, unchanged since the Ice Age. A few, perhaps only 50 or so, still rum wild in southwest Mongolia. This horse is a descendant of the prehistoric Steppe type.
- Common names for this equine include Asian wild horse, Przewalski's wild horse, Mongolian wild horse, and takhi. Historical but obsolete names include true tarpan and Mongolian tarpan. The horse is named after the Russian geographer and explorer Nikolay Przhevalsky.
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| - Also called the Mongolian Wild Horse, or Asian Wild Horse, this was named after Colonel Nicolai Przewalski, who, in 1881, discovered a herd, unchanged since the Ice Age. A few, perhaps only 50 or so, still rum wild in southwest Mongolia. This horse is a descendant of the prehistoric Steppe type.
- Common names for this equine include Asian wild horse, Przewalski's wild horse, Mongolian wild horse, and takhi. Historical but obsolete names include true tarpan and Mongolian tarpan. The horse is named after the Russian geographer and explorer Nikolay Przhevalsky. Most "wild" horses today, such as the American Mustang or the Australian Brumby, are actually feral horses descended from domesticated animals that escaped and adapted to life in the wild. In contrast, Przewalski's horse has never been domesticated and remains the only truly wild horse in the world today. Przewalski's horse is one of three known subspecies of Equus ferus, the others being the domesticated horse Equus ferus caballus, and the extinct tarpan Equus ferus ferus. There are still a number of other wild equines, including three species of zebra and various subspecies of the African wild ass, onager (including the Mongolian wild ass), and kiang.
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