• The mustang is a free-roaming untamed horse, descended from horses brought to North America by the Spanish.

• 1. Origin: North America
  2. Lifespan: 25 to 30 years
  3. Height: 13 to 15 hands
  4. Weight: 700 to 1,000 pounds
  5. 1900: Estimated 2 million free-roaming horses in the United States
  6. 2008: Estimated less than 30,000 free-roaming horses in the U.S.U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management: [1]
  7. 1971: U.S Congress passes The Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act

• Characteristics

  The mustang has stronger legs and a higher bone density than domestic horses. It is medium to heavy-boned and has very hard hooves to withstand running on different natural surfaces. About half of the wild mustang population is reddish brown in color while the rest can be grey, black, white or palomino-colored.Eduscapes: [1]

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