The Burmese Horse or Bama Myinn is a breed of

horse The horse (''Equus ferus caballus'') is a domesticated, one-toed, hoofed mammal. It belongs to the taxonomic family Equidae and is one of two extant subspecies of ''Equus ferus''. The horse has evolved over the past 45 to 55 million yea ...

from

Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John Wells explai ...

(Burma). It is one of two horse breeds in Myanmar, the other being the

Shan Horse The Shan Horse or Shan Myinn is a breed of small mountain horse or pony from the Shan Highland, in Shan State in eastern Myanmar (Burma). It was traditionally bred by the Shan people of that area. It is one of two horse breeds in Myanmar, the ...

History

The Burmese Horse is one of two horse breeds in Myanmar, the other being the

. The two are sometimes treated as synonyms, but are separately reported to

DAD-IS DAD-IS is the acronym of the worldwide Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, within the FAO's management of animal genetic resources programme.Domestic Animal Diversity Infor ...

by the Livestock Breeding and Veterinary Department of the

Ministry of Livestock, Fisheries and Rural Development The Ministry of Livestock, Fisheries and Rural Development ( my, ) is a ministry in the Burmese government responsible for the country's livestock and fishery sectors. The development of livestock and fisheries sectors of the Republic of the ...

of Myanmar. The population of the Burmese breed was last reported to

in 1991, when there were 26 000 breeding mares. In 2007 its

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was recorded by the

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as "not at risk".

Characteristics

The Burmese Horse is well adapted to hot and humid conditions. Its coat is not as thick as that of the

. It is used as a

draught horse A draft horse (US), draught horse (UK) or dray horse (from the Old English ''dragan'' meaning "to draw or haul"; compare Dutch ''dragen'' and German ''tragen'' meaning "to carry" and Danish ''drage'' meaning "to draw" or "to fare"), less oft ...

References

Horse breeds originating in Myanmar {{Myanmar-stub