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Pryor Mountain Mustang
- Animal
- Horse
- Origin
- United States
About the Pryor Mountain Mustang
The Pryor Mountain mustang is a substrain of mustang considered to be genetically unique and one of the few strains of horses verified by DNA analysis to be descended from the original Colonial Spanish horses brought to the Americas by the Spanish. They live on the Pryor Mountains Wild Horse Range located in the Pryor Mountains of Montana and Wyoming in the United States, and are the only mustang herd remaining in Montana, and one of fourteen in Wyoming. They are protected by the Wild and Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act of 1971 (WFRHBA) and managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), who has set the optimum herd number at 120 animals. Genetic studies have revealed that the herd exhibits a high degree of genetic diversity and a low degree of inbreeding, and BLM has acknowledged the genetic uniqueness of the herd. Pryor Mountain Mustangs are relatively small horses, exhibit a natural ambling gait, and domesticated Pryor Mountain mustangs are known for their strength, sure-footedness and stamina. The Pryor Mountains Wild Horse Range is one of the most accessible areas to view feral horse herds in the United States and tourism to the area has increased in recent years.
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Photo credits9 photographs on this page
- Pryor Mountain Mustang — Bureau of Land Management · Public domain · file page
- American Bashkir Curly — Eponimm · CC BY-SA 3.0 · file page
- American Belgian Draft — Richard · CC BY 2.0 · file page
- American Cream Draft — Jean · CC BY 2.0 · file page
- American creme and white horse registry — GOETZ Christine · CC BY-SA 4.0 · file page
- American Drum Horse — Ultra7 · Public domain · file page
- American Indian horse — JD Lamb · CC BY 2.0 · file page
- American Miniature Horse — agriflanders · CC BY 2.0 · file page
- American Paint Horse — Betty Wills · CC BY-SA 4.0 · file page
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