Przewalski’s Wild Horse

Still going through those old shots from Cairngorm’s Wildlife is this JPEG shot that for some reason has a lot of vignetting. I remembered the name but had to check the spelling of Przewalski.

The horse is recogniseable straight away because of the shape of its head and because the head is big for the body, and the body itself is stocky.

Przewalski’s horses also used to be at Marwell Safari Park but for the past twenty years the horses have been Eelmoor Marsh SSSI in Hampshire, near Farnborough, and managed by Marwell Wildlife.

Przewalski’s horses are the only truly a wild species. They are native to the steppes of Asia and their last home was on the Mongolian plains, but now extinct in the wild but being reintroduced. Were it not for wildlife parks like the Cairngorms and Marwell, that would be the end for them

They are the only truly wild horse, meaning not a wild horse descended from domestic horses, like for example mustangs.