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The '''wild horse''' ('''''Equus ferus''''') is a [[species]] of the [[genus]] [[Equus (genus)|''Equus'']], which includes as [[subspecies]] the modern [[domesticated]] [[horse]] (''Equus ferus caballus'') as well as the [[Endangered species|endangered]] [[Przewalski's horse]] (''Equus ferus przewalskii'').<ref name=MSW3>{{MSW3 Perissodactyla | id = 14100015 | page = 630–631}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore the Database|url=https://www.mammaldiversity.org/explore.html#species-id=1006123|access-date=2021-08-20|website=www.mammaldiversity.org}}</ref> The
Przewalski's horse had reached the brink of [[extinction]], but was reintroduced successfully into the wild.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/thoughtful-animal/10-things-you-didne28099t-know-about-przewalskie28099s-horses/|title=10 Things You Didn't Know About Przewalski's Horses|last=Goldman|first=Jason G.|work=Scientific American Blog Network|language=en}}</ref> The tarpan became extinct in the 19th century, but is theorized to have been present on the [[steppe]]s of [[Eurasia]] at the time of domestication.<ref>{{citation |title=The First Horses: The Przewalskii and Tarpan Horses|work=The legacy of the horse|url=http://www.kyhorsepark.com/museum/history.php?chapter=34|publisher=International Museum of the Horse|access-date=2009-02-18 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071030160859/http://kyhorsepark.com/museum/history.php?chapter=34 |archive-date = October 30, 2007}}</ref><ref name="Groves1994" /><ref name="kavar" /><ref>{{cite book|last=Bowling|first=Ann T.|author2=Anatoly Ruvinsky |title=The Genetics of the Horse|editor=Ann T. Bowling|editor2=Anatoly Ruvinsky|editor-link=Ann T. Bowling|publisher=CABI Publishing|year=2000|chapter=Genetic Aspects of Domestication, Breeds and Their Origin|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZL3A097IbjsC | isbn=978-0-85199-429-1}}</ref> However, other subspecies of ''Equus ferus'' may have existed and could have been the stock from which domesticated horses are descended.<ref name="Groves" /> Since the extinction of the tarpan, attempts have been made to reconstruct its [[phenotype]] using domestic horses, resulting in [[List of horse breeds|horse breed]]s such as the [[Heck horse]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://horsehints.org/Breeds/TarpanHeck.htm|title=Tarpan or Heck Horse|website=horsehints.org}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/2012/06/01/konik-horses/|title=Rare horse breed proves crucial to delicate ecosystem - Features|date=2012-06-01|website=Horsetalk.co.nz}}</ref> However, the genetic makeup and [[foundation bloodstock]] of those breeds is substantially derived from domesticated horses, so these breeds possess domesticated traits.
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