List of Japanese horse breeds: Difference between revisions

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This is a list of the [[List of horse breeds|horse breeds]] usually considered to be native to Japan.<ref name=barb/><ref name=dad/> Some may have complex or obscure histories, so inclusion here does not necessarily imply that a breed is predominantly or exclusively Japanese. In Japanese, this breed group is called "kokunaiuma".({{lang|ja|国内産馬}}, ''domestic horse'')

==Breeds==

| style="width: 200px;" | [[Dosanko]] || style="width: 200px;" | {{lang|ja|道産子}}, <code>dosanko</code> || style="width: 200px;" | also called [[Hokkaido]] Horse || [[File:Hokkaido Pony.jpg|200px]]

| [[Misaki horse|Misaki]] || {{lang|ja|岬馬}}, <code>misaki uma</code> || || [[File:Misaki-uma.jpg|200px]]

| [[Miyako horse|Miyako]] || {{lang|ja|宮古馬}}, <code>miyako uma</code> || style="width: 200px;" | Native to [[Miyako Island]]. || [[File:Miyako uma.JPG|200px]]

| [[Noma horse|Noma]] || {{lang|ja|野間馬}}, <code>noma uma</code> || style="width: 200px;" | Native to the island of [[Shikoku]]. || [[File:Noma-Uma in Tennōji Zoo 3.jpg|200px]]

| [[Tokara horse|Tokara]] || {{lang|ja|トカラ馬}}, <code>tokara uma</code> || style="width: 200px;" | Native to the [[Tokara Islands]]. || [[File:Tokara-Uma which eat a pasture.jpg|200px]]

| [[Taishū horse|Taishū]] || {{lang|ja|対州馬}},<code>Taishū uma</code> || style="width: 200px;" | Native to [[Tsushima Island]]. ||

| [[Yonaguni horse|Yonaguni]] || {{lang|ja|与那国馬}}, <code>yonaguni uma</code> || style="width: 200px;" | Native to the island of [[Yonaguni]] it is the smallest Japanese horse breed. || [[File:Yonaguni horse 5.jpg|200px]]

==Crossbreeds==

There are also five crossbreeds that have been developed from existing breeds:<ref>http://www.bajikyo.or.jp/pdf/2014kitei.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref>

* Japanese Sports Horse (日本スポーツホース種) - Equestrianism, general riding<ref group=note>Not recognized by the FEI.</ref><ref>[https://data.fei.org/Horse/Search.aspx FEI horse search with list of studbooks]</ref>

* Japanese Riding Horse (日本乗系種) - Equestrianism, general riding<ref>[http://www.maff.go.jp/j/chikusan/sinko/lin/l_katiku/zyosei/pdf/uma_h1804.pdf 馬 - 2006]</ref>

* Japanese Pony (日本ポニー種) - General riding<ref name="60year">https://www.bajikyo.or.jp/pdf/60year.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref>

* Japanese Miniature Horse (日本ミニチュアホース) - Pet<ref name="60year"/>

Current crossbreed names were established in 2003,<ref group=note>Except for miniature, 2007.</ref> and the general breed classification『乗系種』(riding horse) was split into [[Sport Horse]] and "normal" [[riding horse]].<ref name="60year"/>

There is also a sixth crossbreed definition, heavy crossbreed (輓交種), defined 2007 solely for the purpose of determining the proper registry for a [[foal]].<ref name="60year"/>

<ref name=barb>[National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences] (2007). [ftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/010/a1250e/annexes/CountryReports/Japan.pdf Country Report (For FAO State of the World's Animal Genetic Resources Process)]{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, annex to: Barbara Rischkowsky, D. Pilling (eds.) (2007). [ftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/010/a1250e/a1250e.pdf ''The State of the World's Animal Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture'']. Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. {{ISBN|9789251057629}}. Accessed October 2014.</ref>

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