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The Namib Desert horse (Afrikaans: Namib Woestyn Perd) is a feral horse found in the Namib Desert of Namibia. It is one of the two feral herd of horses ( the other being the Kundudo horses from Ethiopia) residing in Africa , with a population ranging between 90 and 150.
Namib round-eared elephant shrew, Macroscelides flavicaudatus; Short-eared elephant shrew, Macroscelides proboscideus LC; Etendeka round-eared elephant shrew Macroscelides micus; Genus: Petrodromus. Four-toed elephant shrew, Petrodromus tetradactylus LC
The harsh environment and barren plains around Garub [3] became the habitat of the desert horses of the Namib - descendants from German cavalry horses and adapted to the conditions and dry climate of the desert. During the time of German colonial empire a heliographic station was operated by the German Schutztruppe on top of Dikwillem. [4]
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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.
The Namib Desert (considered the world's oldest desert) and the Naukluft mountain range are part of the park. The desert dunes taper off near the coast, and lagoons, wetlands, and mudflats. In the hyper-arid region faunal species reported are snakes, geckos , unusual insects, hyenas , gemsboks and Black-backed jackals .
The only truly wild horses in existence today are Przewalski's horse native to the steppes of central Asia.. A modern wild horse population (janghali ghura) is found in the Dibru-Saikhowa National Park and Biosphere reserve of Assam, in north-east India, and is a herd of about 79 horses descended from animals that escaped army camps during World War II.