Abaco Barb
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The Abaco Barb or Abaco Spanish Colonial Horse was a breed or population of feral horses on the island of Great Abaco, in the Bahamas. It became extinct in 2015;[1]Template:R/superscript it was the only horse breed of the Bahamas.[2]Template:R/superscript
History
The origin of the Abaco horses is not known. It is possible that horses came ashore on Great Abaco from Spanish ships wrecked on its coasts, and also possible that horses were brought to the island by Loyalists who came there following the American Revolution. The most probable explanation is that they derived from horses used by Cuban forestry workers in the early nineteenth century.[3]Template:R/superscript[4]Template:R/superscript There were at one time more than two hundred of them, but the population declined rapidly in the later twentieth century as a result of human intervention and destruction of their habitat.[4]Template:R/superscript Various conservation attempts were made,[4]Template:R/superscript but the last horse, a mare, died in 2015.[1]Template:R/superscript Some tissue has been preserved, which could be used for cloning.[5]Template:R/superscript
References
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- ↑ a b Judith Dutson (2012). Horse Breeds of North America: The Pocket Guide to 96 Essential Breeds. Pownal: Storey Publishing. Template:Isbn.
- ↑ Élise Rousseau, Yann Le Bris, Teresa Lavender Fagan (2017). Horses of the World. Princeton: Princeton University Press. Template:ISBN.
- ↑ Valerie Porter, Lawrence Alderson, Stephen J.G. Hall, D. Phillip Sponenberg (2016). Mason's World Encyclopedia of Livestock Breeds and Breeding (sixth edition). Wallingford: CABI. Template:ISBN.
- ↑ a b c Judith Dutson (2012). Storey's Illustrated Guide to 96 Horse Breeds of North America. Pownal: Storey Publishing. Template:Isbn.
- ↑ The Current Status of the Abaco Spanish Colonial Horse. ArkWild. Accessed April 2019.
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