Know about Przewalski's horse

Przewalski’s horse is a rare and endangered horse originally native to the steppes of Central Asia. It is named after the Russian geographer and explorer Nikolay Przhevalsky.

It is smaller and shorter than its domesticated relatives, with a typical height of about 12–14 hands (48–56 inches, 122–142 cm), and an average weight of around 300 kg (660 lb). They have a dun coat with pangaré features and often have dark primitive markings 1.

Several genetic characteristics of Przewalski’s horse differ from what is seen in modern domestic horses, indicating neither is an ancestor of the other. For example, the Przewalski has 33 chromosome pairs, compared to 32 for the domestic horse. Their ancestral lineages split from a common ancestor between 38,000 and 160,000 years ago, long before the domestication of the horse 1.