1 State Key Laboratory of Oasis and Desert Ecology, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography,
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi 830011, China
2 Key Laboratory of Animal Ecology and Conservation Biology, Institute of Zoology,
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China; jiangzg@ioz.ac.cn
3 University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
4 College of Biology and Geography Sciences,Yili Normal University, Yining 835000, China;
niuzz@vip.sina.com
* Correspondence: mardan@ms.xjb.ac.cn (M.A.T.); jiangzg@ioz.ac.cn (Z.J.)
Przewalski’s horse (Equus ferus przewalskii), also known as Przewalski’s wild horse, the Asian wild horse, Mongolian wild horse, Takhi or Junggar Horses, is classified by the IUCN as Extinct in the Wild (EW) as no Przewalski’s horse has been seen in the wild since 1969, despite efforts to find them in Mongolia or China. The wild horse has been successfully saved from extinction by captive breeding projects outside the historic range. Although multiple studies were conducted, the main problems such as loss of founder genes, inbreeding depression, hybridization with domestic horses, high morbidity and mortality, and a lack of reliable prevention strategies and treatment limitations of these problems are still unresolved and require further scientific effort. This review aims to increase understanding of the scientific attributes that make the survival of the species possible and how these attributes can be useful for appropriate design of conservation and management strategies oriented to improve the viability of the existing population of the species.
Turghan, M.A.; Jiang, Z.; Niu, Z. Reintroduction Projects of the Przewalski’s Horse. Encyclopedia. Available online: https://encyclopedia.pub/entry/37669 (accessed on 01 December 2022).
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