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Equine

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Total cards: 24•Content version: v4•Public deck•Updated: 8/1/2026

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#1
Front (Question)

what is an intact male horse?

Back (Answer)

stallion

#2
Front (Question)

mature female horse?

Back (Answer)

mare

#3
Front (Question)

equine parturition?

Back (Answer)

foaling

#4
Front (Question)

young male equine?

Back (Answer)

colt

#5
Front (Question)

young female equine?

Back (Answer)

filly

#6
Front (Question)

all young horses?

Back (Answer)

foals

#7
Front (Question)

castrated male equine?

Back (Answer)

gelding

#8
Front (Question)

draw the evolution of equines over time based on foot structure

Back (Answer)

eocene (eohippus) -> oligocene (mesohippus) -> miocene (meryhippus) -> pliocene (pliohippus) -> pleistocene (equus)

#9
Front (Question)

what are the scientific names for the modern horse?

Back (Answer)

pleistocene, or equus

#10
Front (Question)

when were horses domesticated and for what purpose originally?

Back (Answer)

6,000 years ago, milk and meat

#11
Front (Question)

what were horses used for in 2,000 BC?

Back (Answer)

battle, riding (draft), and with carts for riding

#12
Front (Question)

what did the domestication of horses do to warfare?

Back (Answer)

changed it entirely by making transport of armies and food more possible and giving rise to a whole new style of fighting

#13
Front (Question)

what happened to horses in 1450 BC?

Back (Answer)

the Olympics shifted the use of horses to entertainment

#14
Front (Question)

when did horses arrive in the United States?

Back (Answer)

1500’s

#15
Front (Question)

approximately how many wild horses (mustangs) and burros are on public land in America?

Back (Answer)

88,000

#16
Front (Question)

how many wild equines are in government holding pens and how many does each cost over the course of its lifetime?

Back (Answer)

49,000 in pens, $55,000 over lifetime

#17
Front (Question)

what are the high approximate management levels for the government holding pens?

Back (Answer)

26,690; far less than the amount of horses in there currently

#18
Front (Question)

how many horse adoptions take place each year in America?

Back (Answer)

3,000

#19
Front (Question)

how much of its budget does the Bureau of Land Management spend on warehousing horses each year?

Back (Answer)

2/3

#20
Front (Question)

from who is it believed that most horses descended from?

Back (Answer)

Arabians

#21
Front (Question)

how are horses measured?

Back (Answer)

in hands, each hand is 4 inches, from the ground to the point of the withers, or the top of the shoulder

#22
Front (Question)

list the 7 types of horses

Back (Answer)

• draft • light • gated • warmbloods • pony • miniature horses • other equids

#23
Front (Question)

list the 3 temperaments of horses

Back (Answer)

• hotblooded • coldblooded • warm (cold+hot blooded)

#24
Front (Question)

describe draft horses: function, size, breeds

Back (Answer)

to pull or haul, large: 16-19 hands and up to 3000lbs, heavy boned and large framed, known for power and forward movement, hard to turn breeds: Percheron, Belgian, CLYDESDALE