List of African horse breeds

This is a list of the horse breeds usually considered to have developed in the African continent.[1][2] Some may have complex or obscure histories, so inclusion here does not necessarily imply that a breed is predominantly or exclusively African.

Other names printed in bold are native labels of the breed.

English name Other names Reported from Notes Image
Abyssinian Ethiopia
Bahr el-Ghazal Kréda; Ganaston Chad regional variant of the Dongola
Baladi Egyptian Egypt
Bale Ethiopia
Bandiagara Mali, Niger Dongola-Barb cross
Barb Berber: ⴰⴳⵎⴰⵔ ⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖ,
Arabic: حصان بربري,
Barbary		 Algeria, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Senegal, Tunisia
Basotho Pony Lesotho
Beledougou Bélédougou, Banamba Mali
Bhirum Pony Nigerian Pony Nigeria
Bobo Burkina Faso
Boerperd Botswana, South Africa
Borana Ethiopia
Bornu Nigeria regional variant of the Dongola
Calvinia South Africa extinct
Cape Harness Afrikaans: Bolandse Waperd or Bolandse Tuigperd South Africa extinct
Cape Horse Afrikaans: Boerperd South Africa extinct
Cheval de Nioro Mali
Djerma Aréwa, Bagazan, Ganja, Manga, Gobir, Ader Niger Dongola-Barb cross
Dombi Mali
Dongola Chad, Eritrea, Mali, Sudan
English Halbblut Horse South Africa
European Warmblood South Africa
Fleuve Wolof: Naru Gor Senegal
Foutanké Fouta Senegal
Hamdani[3]: 122  Arabic: االحمداني Tunisia
Hausa Haoussa Mali, Niger, Nigeria regional variant of the Dongola
Hodh Mali, Mauritania
Horro Ethiopia
Kafa Ethiopia
Koto-Koli Pony Benin, Togo
Kundudo Ethiopia feral
Poney des Mogods Arabic: خيل مقعد Tunisia
M'Par Mpar, Cheval de Cayor Senegal
M'Bayar Senegal
Mossi Burkina Faso Dongola-Barb cross
Namaqua Pony South Africa extinct
Namib Desert Horse Afrikaans: Namib Woestyn Perd Namibia feral
Namib Horse South Africa
Nefza Pony Tunisia extinct
Nooitgedachter Nooitgedachtperd, Nooitgedacht Pony, Nooitgedacht Horse Botswana, South Africa
Ogaden Also called Wilwal Ethiopia
Poney du Logone Chad
Selale Ethiopia
South African Miniature Horse Afrikaans: Suid-afrikaanse Miniatuur Perd South Africa
South African Sporting Horse South Africa
South African Warm Blood Afrikaans: Suid-afrikaanse Warmbloed South Africa
Sahel Mali
Somali Pony Somali: Nugali Somalia
Songhoï Songhaq Mali Dongola-Barb cross
Sudan Country-Bred Sudanese Country-Bred Sudan
Sulebawa Nigeria
Tawleed Sudan
Torodi Niger
Tswana Botswana
Vlaamperd South Africa
West African Barb Algeria, Chad, Ghana, Mauritania, Senegal, Tunisia
West African Dongola Central African Republic, Sudan
West African Pony Ghana
Western Sudan Pony Sudan
Yagha Burkina Faso Dongola-Barb cross

References

  1. ^ Breeds in Africa: Horse. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed March 2016.
  2. ^ Breeds in Near East: Horse. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed March 2016.
  3. ^ Janet C.E. Watson (2016 [1996]). Lexicon Of Arabic Horse Terminology. Abingdon: Routledge. ISBN 9780894106842.
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