1960s - 2022 CE
Przewalski's horse
“The last true wild horse
and the only ancestor of the domestic horse that has survived to the present day.
The final abode of the Przewalski's was in southwest Mongolia
where the last wild specimen was recorded in 1968.
Habitat degradation and human activities including hunting and conflict
along with competition with domestic livestock for water and forage
were all thought to be responsible for the extinction of Przewalski's horse in the wild.”* Przewalski's horse
“The last true wild horse
and the only ancestor of the domestic horse that has survived to the present day.
The final abode of the Przewalski's was in southwest Mongolia
where the last wild specimen was recorded in 1968.
Habitat degradation and human activities including hunting and conflict
along with competition with domestic livestock for water and forage
were all thought to be responsible for the extinction of Przewalski's horse in the wild.”
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Image: Dana Sacchetti/IAEA via Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0 DEED Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic
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