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who wrote this i need to ame a citation — Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.166.7.212 (talk) 14:21, 26 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Beijing Zoo has what looks like one

Can anyone who has been to Beijing more recently than I verify if a very small horse in the petting enclosure near the giraffes is a Przewalski? I couldn't read the caption in Chinese. The waist-high size, but more importantly, the mane, suggests it is. One would expect Beijing to have one, if anybody would in China. If you pat it, it leans against you like a friendly dog, enjoying it. Last saw it in 2011. Profhum (talk) 09:31, 17 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Might want to post at WikiProject China as to anyone who has actually been there. The adult Przewalski's I've seen in places like the National Zoo in the USA have looked to me in the 13 to 14 hands (52 to 56 inches, 132 to 142 cm) range, which is small, but taller than "waist high." Perhaps the one you saw was a foal or yearling. Montanabw(talk) 17:52, 23 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Source material

New study about diet and foraging behavior in the wild: http://www.thehorse.com/articles/38491/tail-hairs-reveal-gobi-desert-equids-dietary-choices Montanabw(talk) 17:51, 23 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Source 30 is now pointing to a missing page. Here is a replacement from NBC News: http://www.nbcnews.com/id/25211052/ns/technology_and_science-science/t/rare-horse-gets-reverse-vasectomy/ 81.136.160.186 (talk) 14:07, 7 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Namesake

Who the heck was Przewalski?

– Dziękuję. Sca (talk) 16:24, 17 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Never mind, it was Nikolay Przhevalsky, known in Polish as Nikołaj Przewalski. This should be added to the article. Sca (talk) 16:30, 17 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]
 Done Sca (talk) 20:11, 17 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Feral, not wild

Based on the latest DNA analysis, Przewalski’s horses were in the same part of the phylogenetic tree as the Botai horses. From their relationship, it was clear that these “wild” horses were escaped Botai horses.

The media release - Ancient DNA upends the horse family tree: http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/02/ancient-dna-upends-horse-family-tree

The report - Ancient genomes revisit the ancestry of domestic and Przewalski’s horses: http://science.sciencemag.org/content/early/2018/02/21/science.aao3297

William Harris • (talk) • 09:24, 23 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, and this means the article needs to be cleaned up. Right now we have "DNA research proved that they actually descend from the Horses of Botai, the most ancient known race of domesticated horses" and "This puts to rest the theory that Przewalski horses were derived from domestic horses". --Richardson mcphillips (talk) 13:18, 25 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
It's certainly worth mentioning, but I would exercise caution. Remember WP:SCHOLARSHIP - these are tentative results that have only just been released, therefore cannot be said to have entered academic consensus as of yet. It's certainly very interesting, but has to weather the storm of peer scrutiny before it can be considered as fact. I think phrases such as "puts to rest" are a bit premature. Wasechun tashunkaHOWLTRACK 17:44, 25 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
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