Liberty Acres
Animal Haven & Equine Rescue

COMMON NAME: Miniature Horses

SCIENTIFIC NAME: Equus caballus

TYPE: Mammal

YOUNG NAME: Foal

YOUNG FEMALE NAME: Filly

YOUNG MALE NAME: Colt

ADULT FEMALE NAME: Mare

ADULT MALE NAME: Stallion

GROUP NAME: Herd

DIET: Herbivores. grass, edible shrubs and plants

AVERAGE LIFE SPAN IN THE WILD: 15 to 20 years

AVERAGE LIFE SPAN IN CAPTIVITY: 25 to 30 years
HEIGHT: 38 inches or less

WEIGHT: 150 to 350 pounds

 

1. Miniature horses first appear in the historical record in AD 1650 in the court of King Louis XIV of France. They were bred as pets for the nobility but eventually worked in the mines of Northern Europe and Britain

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