The Mongolian Wild Horse.

Independent scholar Dr. Judith Kolbas has reviewed Mongolian and European history, literature and mythology in order to assemble this captivating account of a romantic and elusive species.

Discovered by science during the 1870s

The Mongolian Wild Horse, Equus przewalskii, is a separate species with 66 chromosome pairs compared to the domestic horse, Equus caballus, with 64. They can cross-breed, with the hybrid maintaining 65 pairs. The horse was first brought to the attention of the scientific community by the Russian explorer of Central Asia, Nicholai Przew