Berrichon horse

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Berrichon
Engraving from "l'Atlas statistique de la production de chevaux en France", 1850
Conservation statusextinct
Country of originCentral France

The Berrichon is an extinct

Berry, France.[1] It was used in public transportation by the General Omnibus Company to pull buses in Paris between 1855 and 1900.[2] The remnants of the breed were merged into the Percheron
in 1966.

References

  1. ^ Pierre Cordeau, Le Cheval de trait berrichon (thèse), Lyon, impr. de Paquet, 1946, p. 63
  2. ^ J. Jacoulet et Claude Chomel, Traité d'Hippologie, vol. 2, S. Milon fils, 1895, p. 590