Takhi

• It is the only truly wild horse in the world, never successfully domesticated.
• It died out in the wild in 1969, surviving only in captivity.
• It was successfully reintroduced to Mongolia from the 1990s.
• The entire present-day population descends from just 12 animals taken from the wild, after the species had died out entirely in the wild in the late 1960s.
• It has been successfully reintroduced to the steppes of Mongolia since the 1990s.
• It eats grasses and steppe vegetation.

Skeleton type

Vertebrate - internal bony skeleton (mammal)

Habitat and environment

Steppe and semi-desert of Mongolia and northern China, reintroduced after dying out in the wild in 1969

Birth weight

Roughly 27-32 kg (about 60-70 lb)

Size at birth

Able to stand and walk an hour after birth

Sexual maturity

Female: 3-4 years | Male: 4-5 years

Gestation / incubation

11-12 months (320-350 days)

Litter / clutch size

1 young per birth

Life expectancy in captivity

Documented record of up to 25-40 years in captivity

Sources consulted: Animalia.bio · DinoAnimals · About Animals · DesertUSA · Animal Diversity Web · National Geographic · Animal Fact Guide · The Animal Facts · PMC · SDZWA Library Fact Sheet

Best time: From June to September at Hustai and Khomiin Tal, in Mongolia, when the weather allows access and the herds graze in the open.

The pins mark the parks where its presence is documented.