There is current debate as to whether both male and female juveniles leave the natal group, or if only males leave. Upon leaving, females join another herd, while males join a bachelor herd. Habitat Most horses today are domesticated, but there are some feral populations that live in diverse habitats. Along the coastline of France and Spain, the Outer Bank Islands of North Carolina, the Great Basin of the western U.S., and in different areas of Australia for example. Long been used as a means of transportation, pleasure, work, and even war horses have been involved in much of human history.
Feral populations are mostly small in number and threatened by human encroachment.
Przewalski's horse is considered extinct in the wild by some, and at best is alive only through captive breeding programs. Walker's Mammals of the World 4th Ed. Reference written by Anna Bess Sorin. Page last updated May 2000. Sponsored in part by the Interagency Education Research Initiative, the Homeland Foundation and the University of Michigan Museum of Zoology .