List of African horse breeds

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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
Abyssinian Ethiopia
Bahr-El-Ghazal Chad
Egypt
Bandiagara Mali, Niger
Barb Algeria, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Senegal, Tunisia Mchaf (cropped).jpg
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 Dongola Horse, engraving from Cardini 1848.jpg
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[]

  1. ^ Breeds in Africa: Horse. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed March 2016.
  2. ^ Breeds in Near East: Horse. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed March 2016.
  3. ^ Janet C.E. Watson (2016 [1996]). Lexicon Of Arabic Horse Terminology. Abingdon: Routledge. ISBN 9780894106842.
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