Photo: stepa · CC BY 2.0 horse breed · 671 on Animalso
Tuva
Tuva
- Animal
- Horse
- Type
- Riding horse
- Origin
- Tuva
- Height
- 1.3 cm
About the Tuva
The Tuva is a breed of small saddle horses native to the Tuva region of Russia. Classified among the "Siberian pony" family, it proves to be much closer to the Mongolian horse, having lived relatively isolated from other Asian and Eastern European horses. It has long been ridden by the nomadic horse riders of its region, for breeding and hunting. At the end of the 19th century, mineral extraction led to the import of draft horses and saddles, giving rise through crossbreeding to the Upper Yenisei horse, now very rare, and the Tuva carriage horse, now extinct.
More horse breeds from Tuva
Other riding horse breeds
Ader Niger Photo: Ssmiling · CC BY-SA 4.0 
Amurski horse People's Republic of China Photo: N. Bunin and others · Public domain 
Anglo-barb horse Algeria Photo: Monod · Public domain 
Photo credits9 photographs on this page
- Tuva — stepa · CC BY 2.0 · file page
- Ader — Ssmiling · CC BY-SA 4.0 · file page
- American Quarter Horse — José Reynaldo da Fonseca · CC BY 2.5 · file page
- Amurski horse — N. Bunin and others · Public domain · file page
- Anglo-barb horse — Monod · Public domain · file page
- Arab-Barb — Tsaag Valren · CC BY-SA 4.0 · file page
- Araber-Haflinger — Nomygon · CC BY-SA 4.0 · file page
- Azteca horse — Tyrv · CC BY-SA 4.0 · file page
- Baluchi horse — Steve Evans · CC BY 2.0 · file page
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