horse
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Summary
horse is an organisms known by a particular common name[1]. horse ranks in the top 0.95% of organisms known by a particular common name entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (111,508 views/month, #4 of 423).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: taxon[3], domesticated animal[4]
- Taxon rank: subspecies[5]
- Taxon name: Equus ferus caballus[6]
- Subclass of: Wild horse[7], domesticated mammal[8], milk yielding animal[9], Animalia[10]
- Has use: equestrianism[11], draft animal[12], chariot[13], horse-drawn vehicle[14]
- Commons category: Horses[15]
- Said to be the same as: Equus ferus caballus[16]
- Unicode character: 🐎[17], 🐴[18]
- Temporal range start: Piacenzian[19]
- Has part(s): horse hoof[20], horsetail[21], back[22], horse teeth[23], Equine vision[24], horse ear[25], stallion[26], mare[27], horse head[28], horsehair[29], fur[30], leg[31]
- Topic's main category: Category:Horses[32]
- Commons gallery: Horses[33]
- Population: 58,315,816[34]
- Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:Horses[35]
- Depicted by: horses in art[36], Horse + Rider + Apartment house[37], Horses Hall of Palazzo del Te[38]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[39], Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[40], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[41], Gujin Tushu Jicheng[42], Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[43], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[44], New International Encyclopedia[45], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[46], Pauly–Wissowa[47]
- Used by: equestrian[48]
- Has effect: allergy to horses[49]
- Has characteristic: impulsion[50]
- This taxon is source of: horsehair[51], horse meat[52], horse manure[53], horse leather[54], equine chorionic gonadotropin[55]
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Discovery and Description
Things named for horse include Milky Way[56], a barred spiral galaxy[57]; dark horse[58], a metaphor[59]; Hokkaidō Koma-ga-take[60], a stratovolcano[61], in Japan[62]; hippotherapy[63], a medical treatment[64]; easel[65]; Master of the Horse[66], a position[67]; Kicking Horse Pass[68], a rail mountain pass[69], in Canada[70]; and Al-Adiyat[71], a surah[72].
Why It Matters
horse has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[73] horse is known by 80 alternative names across languages and contexts.[74]
Entities named for horse include Milky Way[56], a barred spiral galaxy[57]; dark horse[58], a metaphor[59]; Hokkaidō Koma-ga-take[60], a stratovolcano[61], in Japan[62]; hippotherapy[63], a medical treatment[64]; easel[65]; and Master of the Horse[66], a position[67].