Przewalski's horse (Equus ferus przewalskii) Le cheval de Przewalski Equus przewalskii ou sous-espèce Equus ferus przewalskii ou sous-espèce Equus caballus przewalskii), ou cheval de Prjevalski, encore appelé takh par les Mongols, est une espèce ou sous-espèce très proche du cheval (Equus caballus).
Date 1 August 2012, 11:09
Source Cheval de Przewalski
Author Ludovic Hirlimann http://www.flickr.com/people/37007874@N00 from 's-Gravenhage, The Netherlands
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cheval_de_Przewalski_Mongolia.jpg
Przewalski's horse (Equus ferus przewalskii) or Dzungarian horse, is a rare and endangered subspecies of wild horse (Equus ferus) native to the steppes of central Asia. At one time extinct in the wild (in Mongolia, the last wild Przewalski's horses had been seen in 1966), it has been reintroduced to its native habitat in Mongolia at the Khustain Nuruu National Park, Takhin Tal Nature Reserve, and Khomiin Tal. The taxonomic position is still debated, and some taxonomists treat Przewalski's horse as a species, Equus przewalskii. Common names for this equine include takhi, Asian wild horse and Mongolian wild horse, The horse is named after the Russian geographer and explorer Nikolay Przhevalsky.
Order: Perissodactyla
Family: Equidae
Genus: Equus
Subgenus: Equus
Species: Equus ferus
Subspecies: Equus ferus przewalskii (L. S. Poliakov, 1881)
Synonyms:
Equus caballus przewalskii Poliakov, 1881
Equus przewalskii Poliakov, 1881