Tarpan
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The tarpan was a free-ranging horse population of the western Eurasian steppe which was first documented in the 18th century and went extinct in the early 20th century.
Kherson tarpan
A watercolor painting of a tarpan by Charles Hamilton Smith (1841), based on eyewitness accounts.
Replica of a horse painting from a cave in Lascaux
European wild horse coat colours
Heck horse
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The Heck horse is a horse breed that is claimed to resemble the tarpan, an extinct wild equine. The breed was created by the German zoologist brothers Heinz Heck and Lutz Heck in an attempt to breed b
Tarpan
…described in historical sources, through a process of selective breeding called "breeding back" by advocates. The breeds that resulted included the Heck horse, Hegardt and Stroebel's horse and a derivation of the Konik breed, all of which have a primitive appearance, particularly in having a grullo coat colour…
Tarpanstute mit Fohlen Rheingönheim
Wildpferde Tripsdrill 2
Heck horses at the Hellabrunn Zoo with less influence from the Konik
Heck horse in Haselünne, Germany (2004)