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The only truly wild horse species remaining in Mongolia is the Przewalski’s horse (Equus ferus przewalskii), locally known as the takhi. Unlike the feral mustangs of North America, these horses have never been domesticated and possess 66 chromosomes, compared to the 64 found in domestic horses.
Once declared extinct in the wild in the late 1960s due to hunting and habitat loss, the species was successfully reintroduced to Mongolia starting in 1992 through international conservation efforts. Today, there are roughly 2,000 takhi worldwide, with the largest wild population residing in Khustai National Park, located about 100 kilometers west of Ulaanbaatar.
Genetically distinct from domestic horses, they diverged from a common ancestor tens of thousands of years ago.