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Przewalski's horses


  • When this heading is assigned, the second subject heading [Horse family (Mammals)] is also assigned, e.g., 1. Przewalski's horses. 2. Horse family (Mammals)
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  • Variants

    • Equus ferus przewalskii
    • Equus przewalskii
    • Prejevalsky's horses
    • Preyevalsky's horses
    • Prjevalsky's horses
    • Przhevalski's horses
    • Przhevalsky's horses
    • Przewalski's horse
    • Takhis
  • Broader Terms

  • Earlier Established Forms

    • Przewalski's horse
  • Sources

    • found: Weeks, Morris. The last wild horse, 1977(DLC)77013392
    • found: ITIS, viewed November 13, 2023(Equus przewalskii; Taxonomic rank: Species; Synonyms: Equus caballus przewalskii, Equus ferus przewalskii; Common names: Przewalski's horse, Takhi; Kingdom: Animalia; Phylum: Chordata; Subphylum: Vertebrata; Class: Mammalia; Order: Perissodactyla; Family: Equidae; Genus: Equus)
    • found: Britannica, viewed November 13, 2023(Przewalski's horse, (subspecies Equus caballus przewalskii or E. ferus przewalskii), last wild horse subspecies surviving in the 21st century; also known as Prejevalsky's horse, Preyevalsky's horse, Przhevalsky's horse)
    • found: Merriam Webster viewed November 13, 2023(Przhevalski's horse: a wild horse (Equus przewalskii) of central Asia intermediate between the true horse and the ass and having a dun-colored coat with a brown mane, the lower half of the tail covered with long hairs, callosities on all four legs, and broad hoofs; variants: Przewalski's horse, Prejevalsky's horse, Prjevalsky's horse)
    • found: Smithsonian National Zoo & Conservation Biology Institute, viewed November 14, 2023(Przewalski's horse (Equus ferus przewalskii); critically endangered horses found in Mongolia, are the last truly wild horse; once thought to be the ancestor to the domestic horse, they are actually distant cousins; mitochondrial DNA suggests that they diverged from a common ancestor 500,000 years ago; Przewalski's horses are called "takhi," which means "spirit" in Mongolia)
  • LC Classification

    • QL737.U62
    • SF363-SF363.3
  • General Notes

    • When this heading is assigned, the second subject heading [Horse family (Mammals)] is also assigned, e.g., 1. Przewalski's horses. 2. Horse family (Mammals)
  • History Notes

    • [Heading changed from Przewalski's horse to Przewalski's horses in December 2023.]
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  • Change Notes

    • 1986-02-11: new
    • 2023-12-18: revised
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