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Wild horse

Mammals

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.

Facts
Classification
Diet
Herbivore 1
System (Realm)
Terrestrial 2
Relationship to People
Domesticated 1
Living or Extinct
Yes 2
Scientific Name
Equus ferus 2
Conservation Status
Endangered 1
Comparison
CITES Appendix
Not Listed 3
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Equidae, Taxa
Source Wikipedia: Equus (genus)
Equus, Taxa
Source Wikipedia: Equus (genus)
Additional Source Wild horse (Wikidata)Wikidata P171 (parent taxon) claim, rank=normal, target=Q27022 (Equus)

In Biome

Steppe, Biomes
Source Wild horse (Wikipedia)
Tundra, Biomes
Source Wild horse (Wikipedia)
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Found In

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Sources
1. Wild horse (Wikipedia)
  • Ecology
    Horses are typically considered to be grazers.
  • Infobox: status
    EN
  • In Biome: Tundra, Ecology, tundra
    Wild horses show considerable environmental tolerances, having historically inhabited environments ranging from temperate forest to steppe (including the prehistoric mammoth steppe biome) and tundra
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2. 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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3. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Mammalia
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 34
Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 34
"cites_listing":"I/II/III/NC","eu_listing":"A/B/C/D/NC","higher_taxa":{"kingdom":"Animalia","phylum":"Chordata","class":"Mammalia","order":null,"family":null},"synonyms":[],"common_names":[{"name":"Mammifères","language":"FR"},{"name":"Mammals","language":"EN"},{"name":"Mamíferos","language":"ES"},{"name":"哺乳纲","language":"ZH"}],"cites_listings":[]
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UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Equus
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 732
Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 732
"cites_listing":"I/II/NC","eu_listing":"A/B/NC","higher_taxa":{"kingdom":"Animalia","phylum":"Chordata","class":"Mammalia","order":"Perissodactyla","family":"Equidae"},"synonyms":[],"common_names":[],"cites_listings":[]
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Wikipedia: Equus (genus)
  • Child Taxon Of: Equidae, Lead
    genus of mammals in the perissodactyl family Equidae, which includes horses, asses, and zebras.
  • Child Taxon Of: Equus, Lead
    genus of mammals in the perissodactyl family Equidae, which includes horses, asses, and zebras.
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