---
title: "Domestic Horse"
description: "Equus caballus — Ssaki. The horse is a domesticated, one-toed, hoofed mammal."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/domestic-horse
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Domestic Horse

> Equus caballus — Ssaki. The horse is a domesticated, one-toed, hoofed mammal.

- Scientific name: *Equus caballus*
- Category: `mammals` (Ssaki)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Łąki i pola), `farm` (Gospodarstwo), `zoo` (Zoo i zwierzęta domowe)
- iNaturalist observations: 47785
- Wikidata: [Q10758650](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10758650)
- iNaturalist taxon: [209233](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/209233)

## Names

- en: Domestic Horse
- de: Hauspferd
- es: Caballo
- fr: Cheval

## Countries with the most observations

US (8025), AU (899), ES (593), GB (559), CA (541), MX (468), ZA (410), AR (333), CL (264), PT (226), NL (212), BR (208)

## Summary

The horse 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 years from a small multi-toed creature, Eohippus, into the large single-toed animal of today, originally in North America. Humans began domesticating horses around 4000 BCE in Central Asia, primarily associated with the Botai culture; their domestication is believed to have been widespread by 3000 BCE. However, contemporary genetic evidence indicates that modern domesticated breeds do not…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horse

## Photo

![Domestic Horse](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/domestic-horse/medium.jpg)

Photo: george_vaughan · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/147946047

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/domestic-horse?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).