The horse is one of two extant subspecies of "Equus ferus". It is an odd-toed ungulate mammal belonging to the taxonomic family Equidae. The horse has evolved over the past 45 to 55 million years from a small multi-toed creature into the large, single-toed animal of today. Humans began to domesticate horses around 4000 BC, and their domestication is believed to have been widespread by 3000 BC.
Similar species: Odd-toed Ungulates
By Lucy May Turner
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Uploaded Oct 9, 2012. Captured Sep 15, 2012 08:05.
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Please do take note that JungleDragon considers photos of pets as offtopic, and usually they are deleted. A horse is somewhat of a doubtful case so this one stays. But please do keep in mind that the focus is on nature and wildlife, with the exclusion of pets. I hope you understand. Posted 12 years ago
I wasn't sure whether you would class it as an animal or pet, so decided to upload it and see what you/others thought. I completly understand. :) Posted 12 years ago
I like horses myself and have tried before to capture the steam and breath, but failed. So I admire even more that you have been able to catch it on photo so well. Posted 12 years ago