On the way to the Small Mammal
House, a quick visit with the Przewalski's Horses, Equus ferus przewalskii. Like the North American Bison, the
ancient horse--closest living relative to the horses of the Ice Age--once
roamed Eastern Europe and Central Asia in great herds. Today it is critically endangered. The zoo is home to a breeding
pair. The darker animal is the
stallion. The zoo doesn't house
many herbivores, no zebra, no giraffe, only a couple of gazelle/antelope
species. So the Przewalski's Horse
is really its marquis representative of this form of animal life. I happen to think they are also magnificent.
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