Przewalski’s horse
On the Wild Safari Train Expedition, catch a glimpse of it living alongside European bison.
Le dernier cheval sauvage
Le cheval des steppes peint dans les grottes de Lascaux.
Ce cheval vivait autrefois dans les steppes de l’Europe centrale et jusqu’en Asie centrale.
La Mongolie fut sa dernière patrie. Il fut sauvé par les zoos. C’est en 1879 qu’un explorateur N. PRZEWALSKI le découvrit et lui donna son nom.
Statut UICN du Cheval de Przewalski
The International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Red List of Threatened Species (IUCN)
Description
Equus ferus przewalskii
Equines
200 to 300 kg
120 to 145 cm
Reintroduced in Mongolia and China
Endangered
20 to 25 years old
Family life
Wild horses live in small family groups consisting of a stallion, mares, and their foals. Young males born into the group are driven out by the stallion when they reach adulthood. They then form small groups and attempt to take over a herd of mares by fighting off rivals.
Food
It feeds mainly on grass.
