Przewalski's horse

American  

[pshuh-vahl-skeez, shuh-] / pʃəˈvɑl skiz, ʃə- /

Or Przevalski's horse

noun

1. a wild horse, Equus caballus przevalskii, chiefly of Mongolia and Sinkiang, characterized by light yellow coloring and a stiff, upright black mane with no forelock: the only remaining breed of wild horse, it is now endangered and chiefly maintained in zoos.

---

Przewalski's horse British  

/ ˌpɜːʒəˈvælskɪz /

noun

1. a wild horse, Equus przewalskii, of W Mongolia, having an erect mane and no forelock: extinct in the wild, only a few survive in captivity

---

Etymology

Origin of Przewalski's horse

After Nikolaĭ Mikhaĭlovich Przhevalʾskiĭ ( Polish Przewalski ) (1839–88), Russian explorer, the animal's first European observer (1876)

Example Sentences

New zoo exhibits include giant panda cub Xiao Qi Ji, Amur tiger Mitas, Przewalski’s horse mother-son duo Barbie and Cooper, Komodo dragon juvenile Onyx, Andean bear Brienne, American bison Lucy and Gally, California sea lion Charger and North American beaver Poplar, a wallaby joey and a kudu calf, according to a zoo press statement.

From Washington Times

Texas-based Viagen, a company that clones pet cats for $35,000 and dogs for $50,000, cloned a Przewalski’s horse, a wild horse species from Mongolia born last summer.

From Washington Times

With the egg’s nucleus removed, ensuring Kurt would be basically all Przewalski’s horse, they were implanted in the mare who would become his mom on Aug. 6.

From Seattle Times

The result, officials say, was the world’s first cloned Przewalski’s horse.

From Seattle Times

“We are hopeful that he will bring back genetic variation important for the future of the Przewalski’s horse population.”

From Seattle Times