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Wild horse

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The wild horse is a species in the genus Equus that includes the modern domesticated horse and the endangered Przewalski's horse as subspecies. The European wild horse, or tarpan, went extinct in the late nineteenth or early twentieth century and was long treated as the wild horse's nominate subspecies, Equus ferus ferus, but more recent research has cast doubt on whether tarpans were genuinely wild animals rather than feral or hybrid horses. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Classification
System (Realm)
Terrestrial 1
Relationship to People
Domesticated 2
Living or Extinct
Yes 1
Scientific Name
Equus ferus 1
Conservation Status
Endangered 2
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Child Taxon Of

Equus, Taxa
Source Wild horse (Wikidata)
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1. Wild horse (Wikidata)
Wikidata
  • Wikidata Q27742 (P225 taxon name)
  • Statements section, habitat (P2974): Terrestrial
    Wikidata habitat statement (P2974) resolves to a terrestrial habitat type.
  • Statements section, conservation status (P141)
    IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): endangered.
  • Child Taxon Of: Equus, Wikidata P171 (parent taxon) claim, rank=normal, target=Q27022 (Equus)
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2. Wild horse (Wikipedia)
Speciesbox infobox, conservation status parameter
Quote, Speciesbox infobox, conservation status parameter
status = EN
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