| 单词 | przewalski's horse |
| 释义 | > as lemmasPrzewalski's horse 1. Designating a stocky wild Mongolian horse, Equus ferus (or E. przewalskii) with a dun-coloured coat and a dark brown erect mane, which is regarded as the only true wild horse and the ancestor of the domestic horse. Chiefly in Przewalski's horse.Przewalski's horse is now extinct in the wild, though zoo-bred animals have recently been returned to the Mongolian steppe. It is sometimes regarded as a subspecies of the domestic horse, E. caballus. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > [noun] > equus ferus (wild horse) Przewalski's horse1881 Maori weed1904 Przewalski1973 1881 Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 8 16 (heading) Prejevalsky's horse. 1908 Science 13 Mar. 416/2 He spoke of the dual origin of the horse from the cold-blooded northern horse (Przewalski's horse) and the hot-blooded Lybian horse. 1928 Daily Tel. 3 Jan. 5/1 Of the numerous arrivals at the zoo during the past year, the following are amongst the rarest or most valuable:..a Prejevalski's wild horse,..and two Komodo monitor lizards. 1972 Guardian 22 May 7/3 (caption) A young Przewalski filly. Only about 30 of these Mongolian wild horses are..left in the mountains of China. 2001 D. Macdonald New Encycl. Mammals 467/3 Przewalski's horse (Equus przewalskii) was last seen in its native habitat near the Altai Mountains in Mongolia in 1968. < as lemmas |
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