타키, 몽고야생말, 준가리아말이라고도 알려진 프르제발스키말(Equus ferus przewalskii)은 몽골의 대초원에서 서식하는 야생마의 일종입니다. 프르제발스키말은 다른 말과 동물보다 작지만 더 탄탄한 체격을 가지고 있습니다. 몸길이는 2.1~2.6m이고, 어깨 높이는 1.2~1.5m이며, 성체의 몸무게는 250~360kg입니다. 수컷의 몸집이 암컷보다 약간 클 수는 있으나, 눈에 띄는 차이는 없습니다. 털은 주황색과 황갈색을 띠며, 아래쪽은 연한 색을 띱니다. 곧게 뻗은 검은 갈기와 두꺼운 검은 꼬리, 검은 다리가 특징입니다.
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Equus ferus przewalskii
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The exact taxonomic status of Przewalski’s horse is still debated, some arguing it is a subspecies of what became the domestic horse, while others classify it as a separate species of wild horse.
Przewalski’s horse has 33 chromosomal pairs, whereas modern domestic horses have 32, indicating they became genetically separate long ago.
In 2020, the first cloned Przewalski’s horse was born as part of an assisted breeding programme. The foal was created using a frozen cell from a stallion that died in 1998 and is hoped to add much needed genetic diversity back into the population.
There are over 100 Przewalski’s horses living in the Chernobyl exclusion zone in Eastern Europe.
Przewalski’s horse is thought to be similar in appearance to what the wild ancestors of the domesticated horse could have looked like, with a dun coat and primitive markings on the back and the legs.
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