PREJEVALSKYS HORSE 



the original type which roamed Europe some three hundred 

 thousand years ago, in the NeoHthic period of the world's 

 history. In some prehistoric caves found in France sketchy 

 drawings of horses have been discovered which are remarkably 

 like this species in type. They now inhabit a dry and sultry 

 district at the south of the Altai Mountains, where they roam 

 in herds of from fifteen to twenty mares in Indian file, each 

 herd led by a stallion. They are small, being from 12-13 



Prejevalsky's Horse. 



hands in height, and of dun colour on the back, which 

 gradually fades to cream at the sides in the winter coat ; in 

 summer the colour is darker, and a dark stripe down the back 

 is visible. They have the chestnuts, which are the peculiar 

 features of the horse, and they also neigh instead of braying 

 as the ass does. The mane is short and erect, having no 

 forelock, while the hair on the tail begins half-way down. 

 The head is large and heavy, the comparative length being 

 greater in proportion to the body than in the cart horse ; the 

 brain is larger and the forehead wider than in domesticated 

 breeds, and the body stands higher at the croup than at the 

 withers. (See Castors, Evolution of the Horse.) 



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