Przewalski

The Mongolian Wild Horse, or the Przewalski as the breed is called, is one of the last remaining wild horse species.  Other wild horses have been domesticated or have been descended from domesticated horses.  Until about 1990 or so, the Przewalski breed of horses were extinct in the wild as they were exterminated by hunters.  The Przewalski Foundation in the Netherlands and breeding preserves in the Ukraine combined to reintroduce the horses to Mongolia.

The Przewalski breed was named after a man it is believed discovered the horses, named Colonel Przewalski, in 1881.  There are many different stories about the first people to discover Przewalski horses however, and no one is entirely sure who was first.

A Przewalski horse is similar to domestic horses, but they are smaller and their mane stands upright along their necks and their tails are low set.  Most of the breed are tan, dun, sandy or reddish bay in color, and have a dorsal stripe and shoulder stripe.

The breed is very rare, and almost all of the remaining hundred or so Przewalski horses live in zoos.