Breeding bonanza as zoo welcomes four Przewalski’s horse foals
Public vote will decide the names of the three colts.
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Przewalski’s horse
Przewalski’s mare Rose Marie dies at 31
The median life expectancy for a Przewalski’s horse is about 15 years in human care.
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Classic whodunnit: First domestic horses might have arisen outside Central Asia
Researchers are not ruling out the possibility that modern domesticates originated outside Central Asia.
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Why it’s so hard to unravel the mysterious origins of domestic horses
Findings published this week challenge what we thought we knew about one of the only “wild” horse species left today: the Przewalski’s horse.
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Dramatic genetic findings reshape history of horse domestication
Credible evidence for horse domestication goes back 5500 years, but genetic testing reveals a remarkable twist to the story.
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Domestic life may not help your horse’s gut health, research suggests
The gut microbiomes of free-living Przewalski’s horses in Mongolia were compared with those of domestic horses living nearby.
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A rock-star breeding career? The A to Ziggy story of a Przewalski’s colt
The young stallion is now spending his days with the herd at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute in Virginia.
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Key changes identified in the diet of Przewalski’s horses, but why?
Why were they eating scrub during winters 120 years ago? Had man driven them to it?
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Loss of Przewalski’s mare a blow for North American breeding
Underlying cause of German-bred mare’s illness being investigated by Smithsonian.
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Zoo farewells Minnesota, a Przewalski’s horse who lived to a great age
Minnesota was the recipient of the first successful reverse vasectomy performed on an endangered equid species.
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Analysis of 120-year-old hairs reveals dietary change in Przewalski’s horses
Study team puts it down to a release from the hunting pressures of the past.
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Eating choices of three horse species in the Gobi Desert revealed in tail-hair study
Winter competition for food identified in research.
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Przewalski’s horse suffered fatal parasite-related gut obstruction
Post-mortem investigation revealed extent of parasite burden.
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Don’t call me tarpan
Andrea Castelli explains what’s really behind the name.
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Przewalski’s horses return to the steppes of Russia
Herd of six lead the way in a reintroduction programme.
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British reserve welcomes second Przewalski’s horse foal
Second arrival of endangered breed at Port Lympne Reserve “spectacular”.
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Denver’s Przewalski’s colt the first in nearly 25 years
Rare foal the first of his breed for zoo since 1991.
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Study reveals genetic ties between Przewalski’s and domesticated horses
Domestic horses contributed a lot to some Przewalski lineages.
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Adorable! Rare Przewalski’s Horse foal born at British reserve
Colt foal the second born this year at Port Lympne Reserve in Kent.
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US zoo welcomes five rare newborn foals
Four Przewalski’s horses and Grevy’s zebra born at The Wilds in Ohio.
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