Khustai national park is home to wild horses native to Mongolia known as Takhi or Przewalski (Equus ferus przewalksii) wild horses, named after Coln. Nikolai Przewalski who was the first western scientist to describe the species in writing. The przewalski horses were listed extinct from 1960s 1990s, until one surviving individual was spotted in the wild and reintroduced to its native habitat in Khustai national park. Unlike American mustang, Australian brumby descended from domesticated animals, Przewalski horses are the last surviving subspecies of wild horse. All of the Przewalski horses alive today descended from 12 horses brought from Mongolia and bred in captivity. You will have a chance to observe these rare, endangered horse species that truly have never been domesticated, in their natural habitat.
