Horse Female Skull Replica
$363.00
Horses have been used by man for thousands of years for transportation and as beasts of burden. They are browsers feeding on grasses as well as other vegetation.
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Description
Horse female skull replica measures 21.6 inches. Horse female skull replica is museum-quality polyurethane resin cast. 2-part skull (separate cranium and mandible). 1:1 scale. Made in USA.
The horse is an odd-toed ungulate mammal belonging to the taxonomic family Equidae. They have evolved over the past 45 to 55 million years from a small multi-toed creature, Eohippus, into the large, single-toed animal of today.
Horses are adapted to run, allowing them to quickly escape predators, possessing an excellent sense of balance and a strong fight-or-flight response. Related to this need to flee from predators in the wild is an unusual trait, they are able to sleep both standing up and lying down.
The female horse are called mares, carry their young for approximately 11 months, and a young horse, called a foal, can stand and run shortly following birth.
Their skeleton averages 205 bones. The forelimbs are attached to the spinal column by a powerful set of muscles, tendons, and ligaments that attach the shoulder blade to the torso. The body part that is called a horse’s “knee” is actually made up of the carpal bones.
Scientific Classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Mammalia
- Order: Perissodactyla
- Family: Equidae
- Genus: Equus
- Species: E. ferus
- Trinomial name: Equus ferus caballus
- Conservation status: Least concern (IUNC 3.1)
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Additional information
| Weight | 16 lbs |
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| Dimensions | 21.6 in |
