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Three Przewalski's horses with short, upright manes stand and graze on a grassy plain, with one horse looking toward the camera. Illustration of Przewalski's horse, Equus caballus przewalskii, showing a stocky, tan-colored wild horse with a short, upright dark mane, walking to the right. A scale bar indicates size. This diagram traces the evolution of the horse from the small, multi-toed Hyracotherium (dawn horse) of the Eocene epoch to the modern single-toed Equus, showing changes in size, limb structure, and forefoot bones, with illustrations of key ancestral species to scale.
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Przewalski’s horse: References & Edit History

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Modified link of Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - An Update on Status and Conservation of the Przewalski’s Horse (Equus ferus przewalskii): Captive Breeding and Reintroduction Projects. Oct 02, 2026
Add new Web site: CORE - Problems in the Protection of Reintroduced Przewalski?s Horses (Equus ferus przewalskii) Caused by Piroplasmosis (PDF). Mar 15, 2025
Add new Web site: San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance Library - Przewalski's Horse (Equus ferus przewalskii) Fact Sheet: Summary. Jan 27, 2025
Add new Web site: Better Planet Education - Horse (Przewalski's) - Przewalski's Horse and Humans. Aug 26, 2024
Add new Web site: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations - Small Populations of Przewalski horse. Jun 14, 2024
Add new Web site: Oklahoma State University - Breeds of Livestock - Przewalski Horses. Apr 30, 2024
Add new Web site: Academia - Przewalski's horse � putting the wild horse back in the wild. Mar 14, 2024
Add new Web site: Young People's Trust For the Environment - Horse (Przewalski's). Dec 15, 2023
Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - An Update on Status and Conservation of the Przewalski’s Horse (Equus ferus przewalskii): Captive Breeding and Reintroduction Projects. Nov 03, 2023
Add new Web site: Morris Animal Foundation - Przewalski�s Horse � Riding Away from Extinction. Sep 19, 2023
Add new Web site: Horse Journals - Przewalski?s Horse ? Wild No More? Jun 08, 2023
Add new Web site: International Museum of the Horse - Przewalski Horse. Apr 15, 2023
Add new Web site: San Diego Zoo Animals and Plants - Przewalski's Horse. Feb 28, 2023
Add new Web site: Smithsonian�s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute - Przewalski's horse. Jan 19, 2023
Text added noting the recovery of the Przewalski horse populations in the wild. Jul 03, 2013
Photo of a Przewalski's horse added. Jul 26, 2011
Media added. Jul 26, 2010
Added new Web site: National Geographic - Animals - Przewalski's Horse. Sep 04, 2008
Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - Animals - Przewalski's Horse. May 27, 2008
Added new Web site: Animal Diversity Web - Przewalski's wild horse. May 29, 2006
Article revised. Mar 16, 2006
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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