Yakutian horse
horse breed
The Yakutian (Yakut: Саха ата, Sakha ata) or Yakut is a horse breed that is native to the Republic of Sakha (or Yakutia) in Siberia. It is similar to the Mongolian horse and Przewalski's horse, but is larger than them.[1] It is special because of how it adapts to the very cold climate of Yakutia. It is able to find and graze on vegetation that is hidden under deep snow.[2] It can survive without shelter in temperatures that reach −70 °C (−94 °F).[3]
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| Other names | Yakut |
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| Country of origin | Yakutia (Russia) |
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The breed averages 140 centimetres (13.3 hands) in stallions and 136 cm (13.2 h) in mares.[4] It has a sturdy stature, thick mane, and heavy hair coat. It shares these traits with other northern horse breeds, like the Shetland pony, Fjord horse, and Icelandic horse.[3]
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- ↑ Animal genetic resources of the USSR. N. G. Dmitriev, L. K. Ėrnst, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 1989. ISBN 92-5-102582-7. OCLC 20303991.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ↑ Khazanov, Anatoly M. (1995). After the USSR : ethnicity, nationalism and politics in the Commonwealth of Independent States. Madison, Wis.: The University of Wisconsin Press. ISBN 0-299-14890-4. OCLC 32131874.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Librado, Pablo; Der Sarkissian, Clio; Ermini, Luca; Schubert, Mikkel; Jónsson, Hákon; Albrechtsen, Anders; Fumagalli, Matteo; Yang, Melinda A.; Gamba, Cristina; Seguin-Orlando, Andaine; Mortensen, Cecilie D. (2015-12-15). "Tracking the origins of Yakutian horses and the genetic basis for their fast adaptation to subarctic environments". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 112 (50): E6889–6897. Bibcode:2015PNAS..112E6889L. doi:10.1073/pnas.1513696112. ISSN 1091-6490. PMC 4687531. PMID 26598656.
- ↑ "Yakutskaya/Russian Federation".