BASC107A Flashcards
Order of Horse
Perissodactyla
Grass eater origin of horse
Merychippus
Dawn horse; 55 million years ago
Eohippus
What age when horses were domesticated?
Bronze Age
One toed grazer
Pilohippus
Distinguishing characterisitics of Merychippus
Has large middle toe and grazers
Pilohippus has what evolutionary bone?
Splint bones
Chromosome number of Przewalski Horse
66/33 pairs
True horse
Equus
It means odd-toed ungulates
Perissodactyla
A condition where the middle toe is larger than other toes and the plane of symmetry of the foot passes through it.
Mesaxonic
Origin place of Wild Ass
Africa
Origin place of Zebra
Asia and Africa
What age when horses were used as a food source?
Stone Age
Heavily built and slower horses were domesticated in ___.
Europe
Period when horse is first used for labor.
2000 BCE
Place when horse is first used for labor.
Mesopotamia
Thoroughbreds were developed from the foundation of these sires.
The Byerly Turk, Darley Arabian, and Godolphin Barb
Horse breeds were attempted to improve during the ___th Century.
17th
Period when chariotry has decline
700 BC
He first brought horses to Mexico.
Cortez
He first brought horses into the interior of America.
De Soto
What year Cortez first brought horses in Mexico?
1519
What year De Soto first brought horses in America?
1539
Ability of rider to ride correctly
Equitation
Has smoky body color (Black and white hairs) has black mane, tail, and dorsal stripe
Grullo
Has reddish color and copper red mane and tale; usually has the same color with body, but may be flaxen.
Sorrel
Has Gradual lightening of the coat color over time due to presence of Gray Gene
Gray
Golden coat with white mane and tail; caused by Cream Dilution Gene.
Palomino
Coat color with a diluted yellowish body; has Dorsal Stripe; and usually zebra stripes on legs.
Dun
Yellowish/Gold coat with black points resulting from the Cream Dilution gene acting on a bay base color.
Buckskin
Often seen in combination with other dilution genes
Cream
Reddish Brown body with black points.
Bay
Form of dun with yellowish/flesh body color, red mane and tail; zebra stripes on legs.
Red Dun
Uniformly black coat without any brown or red tones.
Black
Light or pink skin and Blue Eyes, but has slightly darker colored mane, tail, and lower legs.
Perlino
Reddish Brown coat color with no black pigment.
Chestnut
Has light or pink skin over the body and has white/cream colored hair with Blue eyes.
Cremello
Mix of white and red hairs; black mane, tail, and lower legs.
Bay Roan
Dark color usually cover one or both flanks; Generally all four legs are white; Has oval shaped spots and Head markings of a solid colored horse
Tobiano
Usually white does not cross the back; Generally has dark legs; Has irregular, scattered, and splashy color, and has usually one tail color
Overo
Has dark pigment around ears and mouth; Have spots on chest, flank, and base of tail
Tovero
Narrow marking extending vertically between forehead and nostrils.
Strip
Rare striped pattern and unusual texture in horses that display streaks of dark color over a lighter color.
Brindle