Mongolian Wild Horse
By: M. S.

Montana

Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family |  Works Cited

(click on picture below to hear sound of animal)

Kingdom: Animalia   back to top

• all members are multicellular

• all are heterotrophs

• ingest food

• digest in the internal cavity

Phylum: Chordata   back to top

• bilateral symmetry

• segmented body; including segmented muscles

• three germ layers and a well-developed coelom

• complete digestive system

• tail projecting beyond (posterior to) the anus at some stage of development
• pharyngeal pouches present at some stage of development
• ventral heart, with dorsal and ventral blood vessels and a closed blood system
• complete digestive system
• bony or cartilaginous endoskeleton usually present

Class: Mammalia   back to top

• have hair
• hear sounds after they are transmitted from the outside to their inner ears
• able to hear by a chain of three bones: the malleus, incus, and stapes

Order: Perissodactyla   back to top

• word meaning "odd-toed"
• group includes horses, tapirs, and rhinos

Family: Equidae   back to top

• made up of horses, asses, and zebras
• contains one genus with nine species

    Mongolian Wild Horses are powerful animals that have many features.  For example, one feature is that they have a long face with a powerful jaw.  This feature helps this animal chew anything hard and it is easier to swallow.  In addition, a second feature is that they have ears that are long and erect.  This animal feature helps the animal listen easier and hear things from far away in all directions.  For example, another feature is that they have eyes set far back in the skull.  This feature helps this animal look left, right, and behind them for predators, but they cannot look straight on.  

    Mongolian Wild Horse live in many different locations.  For example, one location that they live in are grassy deserts.  This location is a good location for the animal to survive in.  In addition, a second location that they live in are grassy plains. This location is good for the animal so they can get nice weather and the ground is easier to run and/or settle on.  For example, these locations help that animal get their water from the rivers and steams and their food from the plants and grass surrounding them.

    Mongolian Wild Horses are very universal, but they can also be very tame, depending on its personality.  Mongolian Wild Horses live in many habitats and have many characteristics.  We should protect them from predators and hunters so they can live a free and happy life.

Works Cited:   back to top

    <http://www.horseweb.com/>

    3 Aug. 2000. University of Michigan Museum of Zoology. 16 Apr. 2003                   <http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/equus/e._caballus_przewalskii$media.html>    

    Muzzy, Catherine C. Personal interview. 7 Apr. 2003

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