Description Of

Horse
Horses are ungulates — mammals with hooves. They also have long tails, short hair, muscular torsos, long necks
and elongated heads. Due to domestication, they are found all over theworld.

Horses have lived on Earth for more than 50 million years, according the American Museum of Natural History.
According to Scientific American, the first horses originated in North America and then spread to Asia and Europe.
The horses left in North America became extinct about 10,000 years ago and were re-introduced by colonizing
Europeans.
 SIZE

Shoulder and weigh only 120 lbs. (54 kg), according to National Geographic. There are more than
400 different breeds of horses. Horses can be as big as 69 inches (175 centimeters) from hoof to
shoulder and weigh as much as 2,200 lbs. (998 kilograms). Tiny horses exist, too. The smallest
breeds of horses can be as small as 30 inches (76 centimeters) from hoof to  
 HABITATS

Horses are very social animals. They live in groups called herds. In the wild, horses will live in herds that consist of
three to 20 animals and are lead by a mature male, which is called a stallion, according to National Geographic.
The rest of the herd is made up of females and their young.
Title General Description Of Horse

Identification The horse (Equus caballus or Equus ferus

caballus) is one of the ten modern
species of mammals of the genus Equus.
This animal has long been one of the
most important pets economically and
historically, and has played an important
role in the transportation of people and
goods for thousands of years.

Physical description of the horse Horses can be as big as 69 inches (175

centimeters) from hoof to shoulder and
weigh as much as 2,200 lbs. (998
kilograms). Have a hard feet, has no
collarbone, including herbivorous animal.
Functions The are mostly kept as farm animals.
They are used to pull carts.
But they can be kept for their meat, milk,
and hides.