horses introduced to america

Horse Background and History National Park Service. Origins of the Horse in North America. The modern horse (Equus caballus) evolved on the North American continent. Disappearing from this area around 10,000 years ago (end of the Pleistocene epoch), it survived on the.

Horse Background and History National Park Service
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Today there are over 9 million horses in the US, including breeds like the American Quarter Horses, Appaloosas, Missouri Fox Trotters, and some rarer breeds like the Shire, Lippizan, Gotland, Caspian and Colonial Spanish Mustangs. Common knowledge dictates that the first horses were introduced to the Americ… See more