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Although sweating is found in a wide variety of mammals, [6] [7] relatively few (apart from humans, horses, some primates and some bovidae) produce sweat in order to cool down. [8] In horses, such cooling sweat is created by apocrine glands [9] and contains a wetting agent, the protein latherin which transfers from the skin to the surface of ...
Nomadic breeds like Ferghana horses were fast, tough and had high endurance, but they were smaller and leaner than local breeds. [13] The Ferghana horse is considered to be equivalent to the Nisean horse or Turkoman horse, which are both now extinct. The Akhal-Teke horse is believed to be a descendant of the original Ferghana horse. [14] [15]
The horse (Equus ferus caballus) [2] [3] is a domesticated, one-toed, hoofed mammal. It belongs to the taxonomic family Equidae and is one of two extant subspecies of Equus ferus. The horse has evolved over the past 45 to 55 million years from a small multi-toed creature, Eohippus, into the large, single-toed animal of today.
An adult horse has an average rate of respiration at rest of 12 to 24 breaths per minute. [3] Young foals have higher resting respiratory rates than adult horses, usually 36 to 40 breaths per minute. [3] Heat and humidity can raise the respiration rate considerably, especially if the horse has a dark coat and is in the sun.
Adai horses are typically raised in herds, known as taboons, [4] and are well adapted to the environmental conditions of the deserts of southern Kazakhstan. [ 14 ] [ 15 ] [ 16 ] Their ability to withstand extreme breeding conditions and their overall endurance are recognized, [ 15 ] though they are less resilient than the Kazakh and Jabe breeds.
Equidae (commonly known as the horse family) is the taxonomic family of horses and related animals, including the extant horses, asses, and zebras, and many other species known only from fossils. The family evolved more than 50 million years ago, in the Eocene epoch, from a small, multi-toed ungulate into larger, single-toed animals.
Pages in category "Horse behavior" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Equestrianism is the third most popular Olympic sport in France, and the leading sport for women.. Stemming from military practices and a long tradition of teaching by equestrians such as La Guérinière and François Baucher, traditional French equestrianism is essentially represented at the Cadre Noir de Saumur.