Przewalski's Horse

by Emmy Vickers

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Przewalski's Horse

Artist

Emmy Vickers

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Photograph - Photography

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I photographed this sweet zoo animal at the Washington National Zoo last month (Feb 2014). This is called Przewalski's Horse. The correct pronunciation is: sheh-val-skee. Przewalski's horses are the last surviving subspecies of the wild horse.

With a short, muscular body, Przewalski's horses are smaller than most domesticated horses. This horse is considered a wild subspecies because its ancestors were never domesticated; the extinction in the wild of the Przewalski's horse was due primarily to interbreeding with other domesticated horses. About 1,500 exist today, a large number living in zoos, but many also making up herds that have been reintroduced at several sites in Mongolia.

While their greatest threats today include a loss of genetic diversity, their extinction in the wild was also brought on by hunting, loss of habitat, and loss of water sources to domestic animals.

Both times I visited the zoo, this was the only horse there, and all he did was eat. Would never stop to look up. He would move from one feed area to another.
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PHOTO FEATURED IN:
(1) Our 4-Legged Friends - 03/05/2014
(2) Excellent Self-Taught Artists - 03/07/2014

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March 1st, 2014

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