Thursday 11 April 2013

Horse

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The Horse (Equus ferus the caballus)2\3 is one of two extant subspecies of the Equus ferus or the wild horse. It is an odd-toed in ungulate Mammal belonging to the taxonomic family Equidaes. The Horse has evolved over the past 45th to 55th million years from a small multi-toed creature in to the large singles-toed animal of the today. Humans began to domesticate horses around 4000th BC and their Domestication is believed to have been widespread by 3000th BC. Horses in the subspecies caballus are domesticated the although some Domesticated populations live in the wild as feral in horses. These feral populations are not true wild Horses as this term is used in to describe horses that have never been Domesticated such as the Endangered Przewalski's horsen is a separate subspecies and the only remaining true wild horse. There is an Extensive specialized in vocabulary used to describe equine related the concepts covering v everything from anatomy to life 

     stages in size colors markings breeds locomotion and behavior.  
Horses anatomy the enables them to make use of the speed to escape Predators and they have a well developeds sense of the balance and a strong fight or flight instinct. Related in to this need to flee from the predators in the wild is an unusual trai.

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