Wild horse: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the wild horse lives – recorded in 3 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Equus ferus
Group	Wild horses, asses & tapirs
Status	Endangered (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	3 countries
Continents	Europe, South America
Class	Mammal
Order	Perissodactyla
Family	Equidae

Where does the wild horse live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the wild horse in 3 countries and territories across Europe and South America.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the wild horse endangered?

The wild horse’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Endangered” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the wild horse?

The wild horse (Equus ferus) is a mammal in the order Perissodactyla and the family Equidae, genus Equus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the wild horse

The wild horse (Equus ferus) is a species of the genus Equus, which includes as subspecies the modern domesticated horse (Equus ferus caballus) and the endangered Przewalski's horse (Equus ferus przewalskii, sometimes treated as a separate species, i.e., Equus przewalskii). The European wild horse, also known as the tarpan, that went extinct in the late 19th or early 20th century, has previously been treated as the nominate subspecies of wild horse, Equus ferus ferus, but more recent studies have cast doubt on whether tarpans were truly wild or if they actually were feral horses or hybrids.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Wild horse (revision 1377645078), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q27742 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).