Przewalski's horse

Przewalski's horse (pronounced /(p)ʃəˈvɑːlskiz/[2] or /preɪəˈvælskiz/;[3]  Polish:  [pʂɛˈvalskʲi]), Equus przewalskii or Equus ferus przewalskii,[4] also called the Mongolian wild horse or Dzungarian horse, is a rare and endangered horse native to the steppes of central Asia.[5] At one time extinct in the wild (in Mongolia, the last wild Przewalski's horses had been seen in 1966), it has been reintroduced to its native habitat in Mongolia at the Khustain Nuruu National Park, Takhin Tal Nature Reserve, and Khomiin Tal.[1] The taxonomic position is still debated, with some taxonomists treating Przewalski's horse as a species, E. przewalskii, others as a subspecies of wild horse (E. ferus przewalskii) or a feral variety of the domesticated horse (E. f. caballus).

Common names for this equine include takhi,[6] Asian wild horse, and Mongolian wild horse.[7] The horse is named after the Russian geographer and explorer Nikołaj Przewalski.

Most wild horses today, such as the American mustang or the Australian brumby, are actually feral horses descended from domesticated animals that escaped and adapted to life in the wild. Przewalski's horse has long been considered the only 'true' wild horse extant in the world today, never having been domesticated. However, a 2018 DNA study suggested that modern Przewalski's horses may descend from the domesticated horses of the Botai.[8][9]