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The Camargue, French: Camarguais or Cheval de Camargue, is a traditional French breed of working horse indigenous to the Camargue area in southern France. Its origins are unknown. For centuries, possibly thousands of years, [4] these small horses have lived wild in the harsh environment of the Camargue marshes and wetlands of the Rhône delta ...
List of animal names. Mother sea otter with sleeping pup, Morro Bay, California. In the English language, many animals have different names depending on whether they are male, female, young, domesticated, or in groups. The best-known source of many English words used for collective groupings of animals is The Book of Saint Albans, an essay on ...
The Criollo is a hardy horse with a brawny and strong body with broad chest and well-sprung ribs. They have sloping strong shoulders with muscular necks, short and strong legs with good bone structure and resistant joints, low-set hocks, and sound hard feet. The medium to large size long-muzzled head has a straight or slightly convex profile ...
The Ojibwe Horse, also known as the Lac La Croix Indian Pony (bebezhigooganzhii, mishdatim) and Lac La Croix “Indian” or “Indigenous” pony is a semi-feral Canadian horse breed developed by the Ojibwe people. The population became critically low; and, by 1977, only four mares remained. To preserve the breed, these mares were crossed with ...
Australasia Andalusian Association. Equus ferus caballus. The Andalusian, also known as the Pure Spanish Horse or PRE (pura raza española[1]), is a horse breed from the Iberian Peninsula, where its ancestors have lived for thousands of years. The Andalusian has been recognized as a distinct breed since the 15th century, and its conformation ...
Asian. Uchchaihshravas, Indra 's horse in Hindu mythology. Keshi, a horse demon slain by Krishna in the Bhagavata Purana. Tikbalang, the demon horse in Philippine folklore. Tulpar, the winged or swift horse in Turkic mythology. Shabdiz horse of khosrow parvi, shah of Iran. Rakhsh, Horse of Rostam, the great iranian champion.
Zebras (US: / ˈziːbrəz /, UK: / ˈzɛbrəz, ˈziː -/) [2] (subgenus Hippotigris) are African equines with distinctive black-and-white striped coats. There are three living species: Grévy's zebra (Equus grevyi), the plains zebra (E. quagga), and the mountain zebra (E. zebra). Zebras share the genus Equus with horses and asses, the three ...
The Mares of Diomedes (Greek: Διομήδους ἵπποι, translit. Diomēdous hippoi ), also called the Mares of Thrace , were a herd of man-eating horses in Greek mythology . Magnificent, wild, and uncontrollable, they belonged to Diomedes of Thrace (not to be confused with Diomedes , son of Tydeus ), king of Thrace , son of Ares and ...