List of African horse breeds

This is a list of the horse breeds usually considered to have developed in the African continent. Some may have complex or obscure histories, so inclusion here does not necessarily imply that a breed is predominantly or exclusively African.

Other names printed in bold are native labels of the breed.

English name Other names Reported from Notes Image Abyssinian Ethiopia Bahr el-GhazalKréda; Ganaston Chadregional variant of the Dongola Baladi Egyptian Egypt Bale Ethiopia Bandiagara Mali, Niger Dongola-Barb cross Barb Berber: ⴰⴳⵎⴰⵔ ⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖ, Arabic: حصان بربري, Barbary Algeria, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Senegal, Tunisia Basotho Pony Lesotho Beledougou Bélédougou, Banamba Mali Bhirum Pony Nigerian Pony Nigeria Bobo Burkina Faso Boerperd Botswana, South Africa Borana Ethiopia Bornu Nigeriaregional variant of the Dongola Calvinia South Africa extinct Cape Harness Afrikaans: Bolandse Waperd or Bolandse Tuigperd South Africa extinct Cape Horse Afrikaans: Boerperd South Africa extinct Cheval de Nioro Mali Djerma Aréwa, Bagazan, Ganja, Manga, Gobir, Ader Niger Dongola-Barb cross Dombi Mali Dongola Chad, Eritrea, Mali, Sudan English Halbblut Horse South Africa European Warmblood South Africa Fleuve Wolof: Naru Gor Senegal FoutankéFouta Senegal Hamdani Arabic: االحمداني Tunisia Hausa Haoussa Mali, Niger, Nigeriaregional variant of the Dongola Hodh Mali, Mauritania Horro Ethiopia Kafa Ethiopia Koto-Koli Pony Benin, Togo Kundudo Ethiopia feral Poney des MogodsArabic: خيل مقعد Tunisia M'ParMpar, Cheval de Cayor Senegal M'Bayar Senegal Mossi Burkina Faso Dongola-Barb cross Namaqua Pony South Africa extinct Namib Desert HorseAfrikaans: Namib Woestyn PerdNamibiaferal Namib Horse South Africa Nefza Pony Tunisia extinct NooitgedachterNooitgedachtperd, Nooitgedacht Pony, Nooitgedacht Horse Botswana, South Africa Ogaden Also called Wilwal Ethiopia Poney du Logone Chad Selale Ethiopia South African Miniature HorseAfrikaans: Suid-afrikaanse Miniatuur Perd South Africa South African Sporting Horse South Africa South African Warm BloodAfrikaans: Suid-afrikaanse Warmbloed South Africa Sahel Mali Somali PonySomali: Nugali Somalia SonghoïSonghaq Mali Dongola-Barb cross Sudan Country-Bred Sudanese Country-Bred Sudan Sulebawa Nigeria Tawleed Sudan Torodi Niger Tswana Botswana Vlaamperd South Africa West African Barb Algeria, Chad, Ghana, Mauritania, Senegal, Tunisia West African Dongola Central African Republic, Sudan West African Pony Ghana Western Sudan Pony Sudan Yagha Burkina Faso Dongola-Barb cross

References

Breeds in Africa: Horse. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed March 2016.

Breeds in Near East: Horse. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed March 2016.

Janet C.E. Watson (2016 ). Lexicon Of Arabic Horse Terminology. Abingdon: Routledge. .