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The Horses PortalThe Horses are adapted to run, allowing them to quickly escape predators, and possess an good sense of balance and a strong fight-or-flight response. Related to this need to flee from predators in the wild is an unusual trait: horses are able to sleep both standing up and lying down, with younger horses tending to sleep significantly more than adults. Female horses, called mares, carry their young for approximately 11 months and a young horse, called a foal, can stand and run shortly following birth. Most domesticated horses begin training under a saddle or in a harness between the ages of two and four. They reach full adult development by age five, and have an average lifespan of between 25 and 30 years. Horse breeds are loosely divided into three categories based on general temperament: spirited "hot bloods" with speed and endurance; "cold bloods", such as draft horses and some ponies, suitable for slow, heavy work; and "warmbloods", developed from crosses between hot bloods and cold bloods, often focusing on creating breeds for specific riding purposes, particularly in Europe. There are more than 300 breeds of horse in the world today, developed for many different uses. (Full article...)
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- Secondary characteristics of a stallion include heavier muscling for a given breed than is seen in mares or geldings, often with considerable development along the crest of the neck, as shown in this image. (from
- This image shows a representative sequence, but should not be construed to represent a "straight-line" evolution of the horse. Reconstruction, left forefoot skeleton (third digit emphasized yellow) and
- A dehydrated anatomical specimen (from
- Extinct equids restored to scale. Left to right:
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Merychippus, an effective grazer and runner (from Evolution of the horse)
- Fossil
- Equus caballus germanicus front leg, teeth and upper jaw at the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin (from
- Chariots of
- A horse's eye (from
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AHeck Horse, bred to resemble the now-extinct Tarpan (from Domestication of the horse)
- Skull of a giant extinct horse, Equus eisenmannae (from
- A horse painting from a cave in
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Shirenzigou archaeological site in Barkol County. (from Domestication of the horse)Surroundings of the
- Points of a horse (from
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Restoration ofMuseum für Naturkunde, Berlin) (from Evolution of the horse)
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Sintashta culture and their expansions. (from Domestication of the horse)The dispersal of the DOM2 genetic lineage, believed to be the ancestor of all modern domesticated horses, is linked with the populations which preceded the
- Protohippus simus (from
- alt=Muscles of the Horse Torso (from
- A horse's skeleton (from
- Pliohippus pernix (from
- The pinna of a horse's ears can rotate in any direction to pick up sounds (from
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Assyrian king Ashurbanipal in a chariot, inspecting booty and prisoners from Babylon (from Domestication of the horse)Relief depicting
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Drawing of a horse, a mammoth, a rhinoceros in theShulgan-Tash Cave, 25-10 thousand years B.C. (from Domestication of the horse)
- Reconstruction of possible ancestral coat colors. (from
- The early stages of domestication were marked by a rapid increase in coat color variation. (from
- Skeletal evolution (from
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Phenacodus (from Evolution of the horse)Restoration of
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Hagerman horse (Equus simplicidens) (from Evolution of the horse)Mounted skeleton of
- 1- Heel perioplium, 2-Bulb, 3-Frog, 4-Frog cleft, 5-Lateral groove, 6-Heel, 7-Bar, 8-Seat-of-corn, 9-Pigmented walls 10-Water line, 11-White line, 12-Apex of the frog, 13-Sole, 14-Toe, 15-How to measure hoof width (blue dotted line), 16-Quarter, 17-How to measure length (blue dotted line) (from
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Mesohippus (from Evolution of the horse)Restoration of
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Eohippus, with left forefoot (thirdmetacarpal colored) and tooth (a, enamel; b, dentin; c, cement) detailed (from Evolution of the horse)
- Terracotta urn in the shape of a horse (Iran, 1000 BCE) at the
- Equine colon (from
- Equine stomach. (from
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