Horse note

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THE HORSE

The horse

is one of two extant subspecies of Equus ferus. It is an odd-toed ungulate

mammalbelonging to the taxonomic family Equidae.

Horses' anatomy enables them to make use of speed to escape predators and they have a well-developed sense of balance and a strong fight-or-flight response .Related to this need to flee from predators in the wild is an unusual trait: horses are able to sleep both standing up and lying down.

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Characteristics

The horse is one of the largets mammals, vertebrates and herbivores. It has a beautiful apperance.

The neck is long with long mane.

His eyes are big and his ears are small compared to his body and pounted.

Its tail is big and bushy with long hairs that conver the entire length.

The height reaches to 90 cm for small horse and up to 1´85 m for big horse.

The feet are large. high and loud. They end in a single finger, so the horses beleng to solipeds.

It body is convered by dense coat, with short, thin and soft hair.

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Anatomy

Skeletal system--> The horse skeleton averages 205 bones. The horse's legs and hooves are unique structures.