List of African horse breeds
Appearance
This is a list of the horse breeds usually considered to have developed in the African continent.[1][2] Some may have complex or obscure histories, so inclusion here does not necessarily imply that a breed is predominantly or exclusively African.
Name | English name if different | Reported from | Notes | Image |
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Abyssinian | Ethiopia | |||
Bahr-El-Ghazal | Chad | |||
Baladi Egyptian | Egypt | |||
Bandiagara | Mali, Niger | |||
Barb | Algeria, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Senegal, Tunisia | |||
Basotho Pony | Lesotho | |||
Beledougou | Mali | |||
Bhirum Pony | Nigeria | |||
Bobo | Burkina Faso | |||
Boerperd | Botswana, South Africa | |||
Bornu | Nigeria | |||
Calvinia | South Africa | extinct | ||
Cape Harness | South Africa | extinct | ||
Cape Horse | South Africa | |||
Cheval de Nioro | Mali | |||
Djerma | Niger | |||
Dombi | Mali | |||
Dongola | Chad, Eritrea, Mali, Sudan | |||
English Halbblut Horse | South Africa | |||
European Warmblood | South Africa | |||
Fleuve | Senegal | |||
Fouta | Senegal | |||
Hamdani[3]: 122 | Tunisia | |||
Hausa | Mali, Niger, Nigeria | |||
Hodh | Mali, Mauritania | |||
Koto-Koli Pony | Benin, Togo | |||
Le poney des Mogods | Tunisia | |||
M' Par | Senegal | |||
M'bayar | Senegal | |||
Mossi | Burkina Faso | |||
Namaqua Pony | South Africa | extinct | ||
Namib Horse | South Africa | |||
Nefza Pony | Tunisia | extinct | ||
Nooitgedachter | Botswana, South Africa | |||
Poney du Logone | Chad | |||
SA Miniature Horse | South Africa | |||
SA Sporting horse | South Africa | |||
SA Warm Blood | South Africa | |||
Sahel | Mali | |||
Somali Pony | Somalia | |||
Songhoï | Mali | |||
Sudan Country-Bred | Sudan | |||
Sulebawa | Nigeria | |||
Tawleed | Sudan | |||
Torodi | Niger | |||
Tswana | Botswana | |||
Vlaamperd | South Africa | |||
West African Barb | Algeria, Chad, Ghana, Mauritania, Senegal, Tunisia | |||
West African Dongola | Central African Republic, Sudan | |||
West African Pony | Ghana | |||
Western Sudan Pony | Sudan | |||
Yagha | Burkina Faso |
References
[edit]- ^ Breeds in Africa: Horse. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed March 2016.
- ^ Breeds in Near East: Horse. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed March 2016.
- ^ Janet C.E. Watson (2016 [1996]). Lexicon Of Arabic Horse Terminology. Abingdon: Routledge. ISBN 9780894106842.