Species group · Mammals
Horses
WAnimals has 2 species of horse, all in the family Equidae.
- 2 species
- 1 family
- 3 countries
- 4 parks
- Weight
- 200 kg – 1 t
- Length
- 2 m – 2.8 m
- Lifespan
- 22 – 27 years
Ranges calculated from the entries that record the figure, not from all 2.
All 2 species of horses on WAnimals
Each one has its own full entry. This group does not replace them: it brings them together.
Conservation status
1 especies in this group están en alguna categoría de riesgo real según la UICN.
See the global conservation statusWhere they live
Recorded in 3 countries. The ones with the most species in the group:
Where to see them
Did you know…
It is the only truly wild horse in the world, never successfully domesticated.
From Takhi
It died out in the wild in 1969, surviving only in captivity.
From Takhi
It was successfully reintroduced to Mongolia from the 1990s.
From Takhi
It sleeps standing up thanks to the stay apparatus of its limbs, a system of tendons and ligaments that locks the joints with no muscular effort; it lies down only for deep sleep.
From Horse
It cannot vomit: the cardiac sphincter is so strong that it prevents reflux, which is what makes colic so serious.
From Horse
Its origin was settled in 2021, after decades of debate. Analysis of 273 ancient genomes placed the ancestors of all today's domestic horses on the steppes of western Eurasia, in the lower basins of the Volga and the Don, about 4,200 years ago.
From Horse