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What are mustang horses related to?

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Anonymous

13y ago
Updated: 8/18/2019

Mustangs came first from the spanish horses brought to the Americas. The spanish horses escaped and were released, and all the spanish breeds bred together to make a "mutt" of sorts. Other horses were brought to the Americas and they bred into the feral horses when they escaped.

Mustangs are a mix of many different breeds and, over time, through natural selection, only the strongest, hardiest, smartest horses survived and gradually made their own characteristics, such as strong feet and smaller stature to survive on less food.

Some types of mustangs have stronger relations to the spanish horses, such as the Kiger Mustang, and others have stronger relations to other horses.

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13y ago

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