List of African horse breeds

This is a list of the horse breeds usually considered to have developed in the African continent.[1][2] 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

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Abyssinian |  | Ethiopia |  |
Bahr el-Ghazal | Kréda; Ganaston | Chad | regional 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 |  | Nigeria | regional 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 |  |
Foutanké | Fouta | Senegal |  |
Hamdani[3]: 122 | Arabic: االحمداني | Tunisia |  |
Hausa | Haoussa | Mali, Niger, Nigeria | regional variant of the Dongola |
Hodh |  | Mali, Mauritania |  |
Horro |  | Ethiopia |  |
Kafa |  | Ethiopia |  |
Koto-Koli Pony |  | Benin, Togo |  |
Kundudo |  | Ethiopia | feral |
Poney des Mogods | Arabic: خيل مقعد | Tunisia |  |
M'Par | Mpar, Cheval de Cayor | Senegal |  |
M'Bayar |  | Senegal |  |
Mossi |  | Burkina Faso | Dongola-Barb cross |
Namaqua Pony |  | South Africa | extinct |
Namib Desert Horse | Afrikaans: Namib Woestyn Perd | Namibia  | feral  |
Namib Horse |  | South Africa |  |
Nefza Pony |  | Tunisia | extinct |
Nooitgedachter | Nooitgedachtperd, Nooitgedacht Pony, Nooitgedacht Horse  | Botswana, South Africa |  |
Ogaden | Also called Wilwal | Ethiopia |  |
Poney du Logone |  | Chad |  |
Selale |  | Ethiopia |  |
South African Miniature Horse | Afrikaans: Suid-afrikaanse Miniatuur Perd | South Africa |  |
South African Sporting Horse |  | South Africa |  |
South African Warm Blood | Afrikaans: Suid-afrikaanse Warmbloed | South Africa |  |
Sahel |  | Mali |  |
Somali Pony | Somali: Nugali | Somalia |  |
Songhoï | Songhaq | 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

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1. ^ Breeds in Africa: Horse. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed March 2016.
2. ^ Breeds in Near East: Horse. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed March 2016.
3. ^ Janet C.E. Watson (2016 [1996]). Lexicon Of Arabic Horse Terminology. Abingdon: Routledge. ISBN 9780894106842.

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