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Horse

Equus caballus Linnaeus, 1758

Status not recordedmammals

The horse (Equus caballus) is a species in the family Equidae, order Perissodactyla. Recorded adults weigh 250 kg to 450 kg and live up to 57 years. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia.

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Quick facts about the horse

Weight
250 kg – 450 kgsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
57 yearssrc for Lifespan
Diet
Herbivoresrc for Diet
Longest recorded lifespan
62 years
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Gestation
338 dayssrc for Gestation
Young per litter or clutch
1src for Young per litter or clutch
Age at maturity
2.5 years – 2.66 yearssrc for Age at maturity
Litters or clutches a year
1src for Litters or clutches a year
Active
Day and night (cathemeral)src for Active
Lifestyle
Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Photos of the horse

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Where does the horse live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The horse is listed for 1 country.

Australia
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. Australia

Listed by: ITIS (scope: global), through the Catalogue of Life.

Is the horse endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the horse classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classMammalia
  4. orderPerissodactyla
  5. familyEquidae
  6. genusEquus
  7. SpeciesEquus caballus Linnaeus, 1758

Synonyms Equus caballus caballus, Equus caballus domesticus, Equus caballus fossilis, Equus caballus gallicus, Equus caballus germanicus, Equus caballus piveteaui, Equus ferus caballus, Eqvus caballus

Other names and names in other languages (96)
  • Alberta mountain horseEnglish
  • American mustangEnglish
  • Assateague horseEnglish
  • Banker horseEnglish
  • BrumbyEnglish
  • Camargue horseEnglish
  • Chincoteague ponyEnglish
  • Domestic horseEnglish
  • Domestic horseEnglish
  • Draft horseEnglish
  • Exmoor ponyEnglish
  • Feral horseEnglish
  • Feral horseEnglish
  • GarranoEnglish
  • Jicarilla wild horseEnglish
  • Kaapsehoop horseEnglish
  • Kaapsehoop wild horseEnglish
  • Kefalonian horseEnglish
  • MisakiEnglish
  • MudderEnglish
  • MustangEnglish
  • PonyEnglish
  • Primitive Polish horseEnglish
  • Shetland ponyEnglish
  • Wild horseEnglish
  • Wild mustangEnglish
  • Wild ponyEnglish
  • WildieEnglish
  • PerdAfrikaans
  • ウンマAinu
  • حصانArabic
  • حصان أليفArabic
  • ЧуAvaric
  • КонBulgarian
  • ponokáómitaaSiksiká
  • tansasikisbnn
  • CavallCatalan
  • ᏐᏈᎵCherokee
  • Kůň DomácíCzech
  • CeffylWelsh
  • HestDanish
  • HauspferdGerman
  • PferdGerman
  • ΆλογοGreek
  • ĈevaloEsperanto
  • CaballoSpanish
  • Caballo domésticoSpanish
  • HobuneEstonian
  • hevonenFinnish
  • ChevalFrench
  • CamargueFrench
  • Cheval domestiqueFrench
  • CabaloGalician
  • סוס הביתHebrew
  • Domaći konjCroatian
  • lóHungarian
  • Ընտանի ձիArmenian
  • KudaIndonesian
  • HesturIcelandic
  • Cavallo domesticoItalian
  • ウマJapanese
  • 御崎馬Japanese
  • ЖылқыKazakh
  • 말Korean
  • omidldn
  • Jaralew
  • БалкӀанLezghian
  • Naminis arklysLithuanian
  • stiqiwlut
  • Mājas zirgsLatvian
  • HōihoMāori
  • RakkoMuscogee
  • CerakkoMuscogee
  • CorakkoMuscogee
  • EcerakkoMuscogee
  • KonikDutch
  • Gedomesticeerd PaardDutch
  • PaardDutch
  • Verwilderd PaardDutch
  • BebezhigooganzhiiOjibwa
  • Koń domowyPolish
  • SorraiaPortuguese
  • CavaloPortuguese
  • Домашняя ЛошадьRussian
  • අශ්වයා/වෙළඹSinhala
  • KonjSlovenian
  • KaliAlbanian
  • домаћи коњSerbian
  • tamhästSwedish
  • hästSwedish
  • ม้าThai
  • KabayoFilipino
  • AtTurkish
  • Кінь свійськийUkrainian
  • 馬Chinese
  • 岬馬Chinese

Catalogue of LifeiNaturalistTAXREFWikidataWoRMS

Relatives of the horse

Other species in the same genus Equus.

NT, Near Threatened
Onager (Equus hemionus)

Onager

Equus hemionus

Equidae

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the horse?

An adult horse weighs 250 kg – 450 kg, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the horse live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the horse for 1 country: Australia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

How long does the horse live?

The horse has a recorded lifespan of 57 years.

How long is the horse pregnant?

The recorded gestation period is 338 days.

What kind of animal is the horse?

The horse (Equus caballus) belongs to the family Equidae in the order Perissodactyla.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Horse (Equus caballus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/horse

MLA

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BibTeX
@misc{horse_2026,
  title = {Horse (Equus caballus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/horse},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}