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List of African horse breeds

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This is a list of the horse breeds usually considered to have developed in the African continent.[1][2] Some may have complex or obscure histories, so inclusion here does not necessarily imply that a breed is predominantly or exclusively African.

Name English name if different Reported from Notes Image
Abyssinian Ethiopia
Bahr-El-Ghazal Chad
Baladi Egyptian Egypt
Bandiagara Mali, Niger
Barb Algeria, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Senegal, Tunisia
Basotho Pony Lesotho
Beledougou Mali
Bhirum Pony Nigeria
Bobo Burkina Faso
Boerperd Botswana, South Africa
Bornu Nigeria
Calvinia South Africa extinct
Cape Harness South Africa extinct
Cape Horse South Africa
Cheval de Nioro Mali
Djerma Niger
Dombi Mali
Dongola Chad, Eritrea, Mali, Sudan
English Halbblut Horse South Africa
European Warmblood South Africa
Fleuve Senegal
Fouta Senegal
Hamdani[3]: 122  Tunisia
Hausa Mali, Niger, Nigeria
Hodh Mali, Mauritania
Koto-Koli Pony Benin, Togo
Le poney des Mogods Tunisia
M' Par Senegal
M'bayar Senegal
Mossi Burkina Faso
Namaqua Pony South Africa extinct
Namib Horse South Africa
Nefza Pony Tunisia extinct
Nooitgedachter Botswana, South Africa
Poney du Logone Chad
SA Miniature Horse South Africa
SA Sporting horse South Africa
SA Warm Blood South Africa
Sahel Mali
Somali Pony Somalia
Songhoï Mali
Sudan Country-Bred Sudan
Sulebawa Nigeria
Tawleed Sudan
Torodi Niger
Tswana Botswana
Vlaamperd South Africa
West African Barb Algeria, Chad, Ghana, Mauritania, Senegal, Tunisia
West African Dongola Central African Republic, Sudan
West African Pony Ghana
Western Sudan Pony Sudan
Yagha Burkina Faso

References

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  1. ^ Breeds in Africa: Horse. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed March 2016.
  2. ^ Breeds in Near East: Horse. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed March 2016.
  3. ^ Janet C.E. Watson (2016 [1996]). Lexicon Of Arabic Horse Terminology. Abingdon: Routledge. ISBN 9780894106842.