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| Origins of Horse Breeds |
| Experts believe that
four types of primitive horses existed before the domestic horse, and
that all modern equine breeds developed from these breeds. The Przewalski's Horse: This horse was indigenous to Mongolia, but now exists only in zoos throughout the world. Instead of the 64 chromosomes found in the modern domestic horse, the Przewalski's Horse has 66. The Tarpan: This is a swift-moving horse from the deserts of the Middle East and North Africa. Technically, the Tarpan is extinct, but one herd is maintained in a Polish zoo. The Forest Horse: The Forest Horse is an extinct breed from Europe's forests and swamplands. This horse is most likely a major contributor to the European heavy horse breeds. The Tundra Horse: The now extinct Tundra Horse lived in Siberia and influenced the development of the Siberian Yakut pony. Horse Breed Sub-Species Prior to domestication, four sub-species of horse developed that served as prototypes for the modern horse breeds: Pony Type 1: Native to Northwest Europe and probably resembled the Exmoor horse Pony. Pony Type 2: Indigenous to Eurasia and related to the Highland horse Pony. Horse Type 3: From central Asia and similar to the Akhal-Teke. Horse Type 4: Lived in western Asia and is thought to have resembled the Caspian. |
| A The Abaco Wild Horse The Akhal-Teke The American Cream Draft The American Paint Horse Andalusian Anglo and Part-Bred Arab Appaloosa The Arab Horse The Ardennes Australian Stock Horse The Azteca B The Bashkir The Bashkir Curly Bavarian Warmblood The Blazer Horse Boulonnais Brandenburg Brindle Horses British Spotted Horse & Pony The Budenny C The Canadian Pony of the Americas Camargue Horse Caspian Horse Caspian Arabian The Chincoteague Pony Cleveland Bay Cleveland Bay #2 Clydesdale Horse Colorado Ranger Horse Coloured Horse and Pony Society (UK), Connemara Pony Criollo Curly Haired Missouri Fox Trotters D Dales Pony Dartmoor Pony The Don Donkey E Eriskay Pony Exmoor Pony F Falabella Fell Pony Fjord Horse Florida Cracker Friesian Horse G Georgian Grande Horse The Gidrán The Gotland Pony H Hackney Horse Haflinger Hanovarian Hessian Warmblood Highland Pony Holstein Hungarian Warmblood I Icelandic Horse The Irish Draught Horse Irish Thoroughbred K The Kabardin The Kisber Felver The Kiger Mustang The Knabstrupper L Lipizzaner Lippitt Morgan Lundy Pony Lusitano M Marwari Horse Mecklenburger The Medicine Hat Horse Morab Morgan Mountain Pleasure Horse Mule Mustang N New Forest Pony Newfoundland Pony Nokota Horse Noriker O Oldenburg The Orlov-Rostopchin The Orlov Trotter Ostfriese P Paso Fino Percheron Horse Peruvian Paso The Pintabian Poitevin The Pottok Prezwalski's Horse Q The Quariesian Quarter Horse Quarter Pony R The Racking Horse The Ranchero Stock Horse Rheinlander Russian Trakhener S Schleswiger Heavy Draft Shetland Pony Shire Horse Singlefooter Skyros Pony Sorraia Horse Spanish Horse Spanish Mustang Standardbred Suffolk Punch Sulphur Springs Mustang T Tennessee Walking Horse Thoroughbred Tersk Tiger Horse Trakehner W The Waler Welara Pony Welsh Pony and Cob Westphalian Wuerttemburger Z Zebra Zweibrucken |