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The Anadolu or Anatolian is a Turkish breed of small horse within the broad Anatolian Native group of breeds.[4]: 488 It has some relation to a broad range of western Asian breeds of riding horse.
History
[edit]The Anadolu is a traditional breed of Anatolia – the Asian part of Turkey, from which the name of the breed derives – and of eastern and south-eastern Anatolia in particular. It has some relation to a broad range of western Asian breeds, among them the Akhal-Teke, the Arab, the Deliboz, the Kabarda, the Karabakh, the Persian and the Turkoman.[4]: 488
It is the most numerous horse breed of Turkey,[4]: 488 but no population data has ever been reported to DAD-IS; in 2025 its conservation status was unknown.[2]
Characteristics
[edit]The horses usually stand between 124 and 142 cm at the withers. The profile of the head is variable, ranging from concave or dished to convex.[4]: 488
Use
[edit]The Anadolu may be used as a riding horse, as a pack animal or to pull light vehicles.[4]: 488
References
[edit]- ↑ Barbara Rischkowsky, Dafydd Pilling (editors) (2007). List of breeds documented in the Global Databank for Animal Genetic Resources, annex to: The State of the World's Animal Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. Rome: Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. ISBN 9789251057629. Archived 23 June 2020.
- 1 2 3 Breed data sheet: Anatolian / Türkiye (Horse). Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed August 2025.
- ↑ Valerie Porter, Ian Lauder Mason (2002). Mason's World Dictionary of Livestock Breeds, Types, and Varieties (fifth edition). Wallingford: CABI. ISBN 085199430X.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Valerie Porter, Lawrence Alderson, Stephen J.G. Hall, D. Phillip Sponenberg (2016). Mason's World Encyclopedia of Livestock Breeds and Breeding (sixth edition). Wallingford: CABI. ISBN 9781780647944.
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