普氏野馬 (Equus ferus przewalskii) 是一種生活在蒙古大草原上的野馬，又被稱為蒙古野馬和準噶爾野馬，蒙古語稱之為「takhi」。與其他大部分的馬科物種相比，普氏野馬體型較小且較為粗壯。牠們身長 2.1 公尺至 2.6 公尺，肩高 1.2 公尺至 1.5 公尺。成年個體的體重介於 250 公斤至 360 公斤之間。雄性的體型可能比雌性略大，但此物種沒有明顯的雌雄異型。牠們的皮毛呈橙褐色，腹部的顏色較淺，並有醒目的黑色豎直鬃毛、黑色的粗馬尾和黑色的腿部。
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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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