Scientific Name: Equus Przewalskii
Listed as Endangered in: China, Mongolia
Przewalski's Horse lives in grassy plains and deserts. Herds are defended by the stallion. When younger males get large enough to mate, they are kicked out of the herd. The leading female guide the group while they are grazing. Adults can weight from forty-four hundred to sixty-six hundred pounds. Their diet consists of plants, fruit, and grass. Females give birth to one foal. Threats to the species are habitat destruction and once being hunted. The last wild horse was seen in 1968 the rests are in zoos. Some of the newly cross breed horses were reintroduced to national parks in 2005 with the estimated population of three hundred.
Listed as Endangered in: China, Mongolia
Przewalski's Horse lives in grassy plains and deserts. Herds are defended by the stallion. When younger males get large enough to mate, they are kicked out of the herd. The leading female guide the group while they are grazing. Adults can weight from forty-four hundred to sixty-six hundred pounds. Their diet consists of plants, fruit, and grass. Females give birth to one foal. Threats to the species are habitat destruction and once being hunted. The last wild horse was seen in 1968 the rests are in zoos. Some of the newly cross breed horses were reintroduced to national parks in 2005 with the estimated population of three hundred.