About colours and manes

Discussion on the colours of manes of the extinct horses

..... In some areas domestic and wild horses lived side by side for thousands of years. But ultimately, the story of European Wild horses came to a bad end. The last horse that was from supposedly wild stock died in 1905 in the Moscow´s zoo. It was Tarpan, the steppe horse from southern Russia and Ukraine. Later the name Tarpan was falsely given to all European wild horses. Without wild horses European nature is uncomplete. That´s why experts are now preparing for the comeback of this key species. But which breed is the best choice for Europe when the last original Wild Horse died more than one hundred years ago?

Just like when searching for a substitute for the aurochs, the greatest hopes come from primitive breeds of domestic horse breeds. For several decades, the Polish Konik was considered to be the best candidate. “From published and unpublished genetic research it is clear that the Konik has nothing to do with prehistoric horses and it is clearly of mixed origin. This is surprising ... read more