Konik Horse (Tarpan) (65 images)

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There seems to be some doubt as to whether the tarpan was a true wild horse or an early domestic breed become feral. The only surviving true wild horse is Przewalski's horse. Once extinct in the wild captive bred animals have been reintroduced to several nature reserves in Mongolia.
The tarpan became extinct in the late 1800s. There have been several attempts to re-create it through selective breeding from domestic animals that were known to carry tarpan genes and had tarpan-like...
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