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Equus scotti is a true caballine horse that is more closely related to modern horses than to zebras and asses. Equus scotti may be synonymous with Equus lambei , another generally smaller horse known from the Pleistocene of North America, but this is uncertain. [ 3 ]
Equus conversidens, or the Mexican horse, was a Pleistocene species of horse, now extinct, that inhabited North America. Life restoration The holotype of Equus conversidens , a partial palate, was unearthed in Pleistocene deposits northeast of Mexico City, Mexico .
The modern name "caltrop" is derived from the Old English calcatrippe (heel-trap), [6] [7] such as in the French usage chausse-trape (shoe-trap). The Latin word tribulus originally referred to this and provides part of the modern scientific name of a plant commonly called the caltrop, Tribulus terrestris, whose spiked seed cases resemble caltrops and can injure feet and puncture bicycle tires.
The James Wild Horse Trap in Nye County, Nevada, near Fish Springs, is a historic site that is listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.It was the location of a corral and fences used to capture wild horses, built out of dead Juniper trees.
For each Alm or Alp it is worked out how many Stoß (Swiss: Stössen) can be grazed (bestoßen); one cow equals one Stoß, 3 bulls equal 2 Stöße, a calf is 1 ⁄ 4 Stoß, a horse of 1, 2 or 3 years old is worth 1, 2 or 3 Stöße, a pig equals 1 ⁄ 4, a goat or a sheep is 1 ⁄ 5 Stoß.
Pony trap in Brisbane, Australia, 1900. Pony and trap in northern England. Trap_or_cart,_c_1903. A trap, pony trap (sometimes pony and trap) or horse trap is a light, often sporty, two-wheeled or sometimes four-wheeled horse- or pony-drawn carriage, usually accommodating two to four persons in various seating arrangements, such as face-to-face or back-to-back.
Lisa's Booby Trap (born April 11, 2007) is an American thoroughbred racehorse owned by Tim Snyder, a trainer at Finger Lakes Race Track in Farmington, New York, near Rochester. She is best known for the story surrounding her name, as she was named for her owner-trainer's deceased wife, Lisa.
This means that larger-bodied species (e.g., elephants) have lower mass-specific metabolic rates and lower heart rates, as compared with smaller-bodied species (e.g., mice). The straight line generated from a double logarithmic scale of metabolic rate in relation to body mass is known as the "mouse-to-elephant curve". [ 24 ]