Stats

Lifespan

25-30 yrs

Size

Large

Diet

Herbivore

Activity

Cathemeral

Social

Herd

Biome

Temperate grassland

Range

Worldwide

Movement

Running

Breeding

Live Birth

Defense

Speed

Status

Common

About

A large, single-toed ungulate domesticated from wild ancestors over five thousand years ago. Its eyes are the largest of any land mammal, set on the sides of its head to give it a panoramic field of view of nearly 350 degrees.

Life cycle

1. 1.
   newborn foal

   A foal stands and nurses within an hour of birth, long-legged and unsteady at the herd's edge.
2. 2.
   juvenile

   A weaned juvenile grazes with the herd, develops its adult coat, and tests its speed.
3. 3.
   adult

   Fully grown and at full speed.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Perissodactyla

Family

Equidae

Genus

Equus

Species

Equus caballus