Przewalskis Horse Skull Replica
$363.00
The Przewalski’s horse has not been seen in the wild since 1960 and exists only in zoos and captive breeding programs. It is estimated that there are as few as 1500 non-hybrid Przewalski’s living today.
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Description
Przewalskis Horse Skull Replica measures 21.2 inches. Przewalskis Horse Skull Replica is museum-quality polyurethane resin cast from California Academy of Sciences specimen. 2-part skull (separate cranium and mandible). 1:1 scale. Made in USA.
Przewalskis horse, Equus przewalskii or Equus ferus przewalskii, also called the takhi horse, Mongolian wild horse or Dzungarian horse, is a rare and endangered horse originally native to the steppes of Central Asia.
At one time extinct in the wild, it has been reintroduced to its native habitat since the 1990s in Mongolia at the Khustain Nuruu National Park, Takhin Tal Nature Reserve, and Khomiin Tal, as well as several other locales in Central Asia and Eastern Europe.
The taxonomic position is still debated, with some taxonomists treating Przewalski’s horse as a species, E. przewalskii, others as a subspecies of wild horse (E. ferus przewalskii) or a feral variety of the domesticated horse (E. f. caballus). It is named after the Russian geographer and explorer NikoĊaj Przewalski.
Most wild horses today, such as the American mustang or the Australian brumby, are actually feral horses descended from domesticated animals that escaped and adapted to life in the wild.
Przewalskis horse or Equus ferus przewalskii has long been considered the only ‘true’ extant wild horse left, never having been domesticated.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Perissodactyla
Family: Equidae
Genus: Equus
Species: E. ferus
Subspecies: E. f. przewalskii
Trinomial name: Equus ferus przewalskii
Conservation status: Endangered
Additional information
| Weight | 30 lbs |
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| Dimensions | 21.2 in |