Social Relationships of Captive Bachelor Przewalski's Horses and Their Effect on Daily Activity and Space Use. [PDF]
Animals (Basel)Understanding social relationships in at-risk species held in captivity is vital for their welfare and potential reintroduction. In social species like the Przewalski’s horse (Equus ferus przewalskii), daily time allocation and space use may be ...
Nykonenko A, Moturnak Y, McLoughlin PD.
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Genetic Diversity and Population Structure of Dülmen Wild, Liebenthal and Polish Konik Horses in Comparison with Przewalski, Sorraia, German Draught and Riding Horses. [PDF]
Animals (Basel)The objective of the present study was to analyze the genetic diversity, individual-based assessment of population structure, and admixture in the Dülmen wild horse population in comparison to warmblood, coldblood, and primitive horse populations.
Duderstadt S, Distl O.
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Unraveling the distinctive gut microbiome of khulans (Equus hemionus hemionus) in comparison to their drinking water and closely related equids. [PDF]
Sci RepThe microbial composition of host-associated microbiomes is influenced by co-evolutionary interactions, host genetics, domestication, and the environment.
Jarquín-Díaz VH +9 more
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Modern Northern Domestic Horses Carry Mitochondrial DNA Similar to Przewalski’s Horse [PDF]
, 2020 Several recent studies have suggested past gene flow between the Przewalski’s horse and modern domestic horse and questioned the wild origin of the Przewalski’s horse.
Kvist, Laura, Niskanen, Markku
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Extinct in the Wild to Endangered: the History of Przewalski’s Horse ( Equ - us ferus przewalskii ) and its Future Conservation [PDF]
Mongolian Journal of Biological Sciences, 2005 This paper summarises published research on Przewalski’s horse, Equus ferus przewalskii . Biology of the species is described, as well as its history in the wild and in captivity. Reintroduction efforts at Takhiin Tal and Hustai National Park
Sarah R. B. King
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Przewalski’ s Horse ( Equus ferus przewalskii ) Re-intr oduction in the Great Gobi B Strictly Protected Area: from Species to Ecosystem Conservation [PDF]
Mongolian Journal of Biological Sciences, 2007 The Przewalski’s horse ( Equus ferus przewalskii Po ljakov , 1881), or “T akhi” in Mongolian, became extinct in the wild by the mid 1960’ s. The last recorded sightings of Przewalski’s horses occurred in the Dzungarian Gobi desert in SW
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Social referencing in the domestic horse [PDF]
, 2020 Dogs and cats use human emotional information directed to an unfamiliar situation to guide their behavior, known as social referencing. It is not clear whether other domestic species show similar socio-cognitive abilities in interacting with humans.
Nawroth , C., Schrimpf, A., Single , M.
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Ten years of the horse reference genome: insights into equine biology, domestication and population dynamics in the post-genome era. [PDF]
, 2019 The horse reference genome from the Thoroughbred mare Twilight has been available for a decade and, together with advances in genomics technologies, has led to unparalleled developments in equine genomics.
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Rethinking the evidence for early horse domestication at Botai
Scientific Reports, 2021 Despite its transformative impact on human history, the early domestication of the horse (Equus caballus) remains exceedingly difficult to trace in the archaeological record.
William Timothy Treal Taylor +1 more
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BMC Ecology and Evolution, 2021 Background The dominant Gasterophilus species in the desert steppe (Xinjiang, China) Gasterophilus pecorum poses a serious threat to the reintroduced Przewalski’s horses. We investigated the distribution pattern of G. pecorum eggs in June 2017.
Heqing Huang +7 more
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