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.

NameEnglish name if differentReported fromNotesImage
AbyssinianEthiopia
Bahr-El-GhazalChad
Baladi EgyptianEgypt
BandiagaraMali, Niger
BarbAlgeria, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Senegal, Tunisia
Basotho PonyLesotho
BeledougouMali
Bhirum PonyNigeria
BoboBurkina Faso
BoerperdBotswana, South Africa
BornuNigeria
CalviniaSouth Africaextinct
Cape HarnessSouth Africaextinct
Cape HorseSouth Africa
Cheval de NioroMali
DjermaNiger
DombiMali
DongolaChad, Eritrea, Mali, Sudan
English Halbblut HorseSouth Africa
European WarmbloodSouth Africa
FleuveSenegal
FoutaSenegal
Hamdani[3]: 122 Tunisia
HausaMali, Niger, Nigeria
HodhMali, Mauritania
Koto-Koli PonyBenin, Togo
Le poney des MogodsTunisia
M' ParSenegal
M'bayarSenegal
MossiBurkina Faso
Namaqua PonySouth Africaextinct
Namib HorseSouth Africa
Nefza PonyTunisiaextinct
NooitgedachterBotswana, South Africa
Poney du LogoneChad
SA Miniature HorseSouth Africa
SA Sporting horseSouth Africa
SA Warm BloodSouth Africa
SahelMali
Somali PonySomalia
SonghoïMali
Sudan Country-BredSudan
SulebawaNigeria
TawleedSudan
TorodiNiger
TswanaBotswana
VlaamperdSouth Africa
West African BarbAlgeria, Chad, Ghana, Mauritania, Senegal, Tunisia
West African DongolaCentral African Republic, Sudan
West African PonyGhana
Western Sudan PonySudan
YaghaBurkina Faso

References

  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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