List of African horse breeds
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 | |||
Egypt | ||||
Bandiagara | Mali, Niger | |||
Barb | Algeria, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Senegal, Tunisia | |||
Basotho Pony | Lesotho | |||
Mali | ||||
Nigeria | ||||
Burkina Faso | ||||
Boerperd | Botswana, South Africa | |||
Bornu | Nigeria | |||
South Africa | extinct | |||
South Africa | extinct | |||
Cape Horse | South Africa | |||
Mali | ||||
Djerma | Niger | |||
Mali | ||||
Dongola | Chad, Eritrea, Mali, Sudan | |||
South Africa | ||||
South Africa | ||||
Fleuve | Senegal | |||
Fouta | Senegal | |||
Hamdani[3]: 122 | Tunisia | |||
Hausa | Mali, Niger, Nigeria | |||
Mali, Mauritania | ||||
Benin, Togo | ||||
Tunisia | ||||
Senegal | ||||
M'bayar | Senegal | |||
Mossi | Burkina Faso | |||
Namaqua Pony | South Africa | extinct | ||
South Africa | ||||
Tunisia | extinct | |||
Nooitgedachter | Botswana, South Africa | |||
Poney du Logone | Chad | |||
South Africa | ||||
South Africa | ||||
South Africa | ||||
Mali | ||||
Somalia | ||||
Songhoï | Mali | |||
Sudan | ||||
Nigeria | ||||
Tawleed | Sudan | |||
Niger | ||||
Botswana | ||||
Vlaamperd | South Africa | |||
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[]
- ^ 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.
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- Horse breeds originating in Africa
- Lists of African domestic animal breeds
- Lists of animals of Africa