Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 December 1884 — A New Species of Horses. [ARTICLE]

A New Species of Horses.

A new species of horse from Central Asia has been discovered by the Russian traveler, Prejevalski, and he has been named by naturalists in honor of the discoverer, Eqxrus Prejevalski. This animal, apart from certain peculiarities of structure, is interesting as being the only known form of living horse which still exists in a naturally wild state, and which differs specifically from the domestic animal (Equus Caballus). A correspondent of Nature points out the very close resemblance existing between the outlines of this animal and the representations found inched on antlers from the famous cane of La Madelaine, which figure so extensively in works on archaeology. “There is the same massive head, the same hog mane, absence of forelock, pointed ears, short body, and powerful legs, while there seems even an indication that the long hairs of the tail spring first from the middle of that organ. In that (prehistoric representation) from Creswell Crags, as well as those from La Madelaine, the jaw is heavier than in the recent specimen.”— Boston Herald.