Side by side
Hokkaido Pony vs Kiso
Photo: タクナワン · CC BY-SA 3.0 Hokkaido Pony
JapanThe Hokkaido Pony is also known as the Dosanko, the name used for a Japanese breed of small horse.
- One of eight extant indigenous Japanese horse breeds.
- Not critically endangered among those eight.
- Found particularly along Hokkaido’s Pacific coast.
Photo: eiko · CC BY-SA 2.0 Kiso
JapanThe Kiso, also called the Kiso Horse, is one of Japan's eight indigenous horse breeds.
- One of Japan's eight indigenous horse breeds
- Only native horse breed from Honshu
The facts, side by side
| Hokkaido Pony | Kiso | |
|---|---|---|
| Animal | horse | horse |
| Bred as | — | Pony |
| Origin | Japan | Japan |
| Height | — | 131.9 cm |
| Weight | — | — |
| Life expectancy | — | — |
Both are on Horse breeds, Horse breeds from Japan.
Photo credits2 photographs on this page
- Hokkaido Pony — タクナワン · CC BY-SA 3.0 · file page
- Kiso — eiko · CC BY-SA 2.0 · file page
Photographs come from Wikimedia Commons under the licence each one names. How Animalso credits photographs.