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What it is
Przewalski's horse (Equus ferus przewalskii) is a stocky wild horse of the Asian steppe, smaller than most domestic horses, with a thick short neck and a short, upright dark mane that it sheds every year. The International Union for Conservation of Nature assesses the whole wild horse species, to which it belongs, and lists it as Endangered.
Range
Grassland and semi desert steppe of Mongolia, northern China and Kazakhstan, at reintroduction sites.
What happened
Przewalski's horses vanished from the wild, and by 1945 fewer than 20 breeding horses were left in the world. Every one of the roughly 1,900 alive today descends from 14 horses caught between 1910 and 1960. Zoo bred herds have since been returned to Mongolia, China and Kazakhstan.
When / status
Endangered now, wild again only where herds were returned.
Human role
Competition with people and their livestock, and changes in its environment, pushed it out of the wild.