Przewalski’s horse is threatened by small population size and restricted range, hybridization with domestic horses, loss of genetic diversity, disease, and severe weather.
Przewalski’s horse is threatened by small population size and restricted range, potential hybridization with domestic horses (Equus ferus caballus), loss of genetic diversity, and disease.
As the population size is small, it is vulnerable to stochastic events such as severe weather.
• Image | © Ronald Woan, Some Rights Reserved, (CC BY-NC 2.0)
• Sources | King, Boyd, Zimmermann, & Kendall, 2015
