Bhutia Horse
Conservation statusFAO (2007): not listed[1]
Other names
Country of originIndia
Traits
Weight
  • Male:
    345 kg
  • Female:
    260 kg[2]
Height
  • Male:
    145 cm
  • Female:
    125 cm[2]

The Bhutia Horse is a breed of small mountain horse from Sikkim and the district of Darjeeling in northern India.[2][4] It has some similarity to Mongolian and Tibetan breeds.[5]: 201  The usual coat colours are bay and grey.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Barbara Rischkowsky, D. Pilling (eds.) (2007). List of breeds documented in the Global Databank for Animal Genetic Resources, annex to The State of the World's Animal Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. ISBN 9789251057629. Accessed May 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Bhotia Pony/India. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed June 2015.
  3. ↑ Valerie Porter (ed.), Ian Lauder Mason (2002). Mason's World Dictionary of Livestock Breeds, Types and Varieties (5th edition). Wallingford: CABI. ISBN 085199430X.
  4. 1 2 Equines in India: Horses. Indian Council of Agricultural Research: National Research Centre on Equines. Accessed June 2015.
  5. ↑ Elwyn Hartley Edwards (1994). The Encyclopedia of the Horse. London; New York; Stuttgart; Moscow: Dorling Kindersley. ISBN 0751301159.
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