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‖ ˈtarpan Zool.
[According to Pallas, Zoogr. Rosso-Asiatica 1831, called Tarpàn by the Kirghiz Tatars. (So F. tarpan, Littré 1874.)]
The wild horse of Tartary: see quots.
1841C. Hamilton Smith Nat. Hist. Horses 160 The Tahtar or even the Cossack nations..assert that they can distinguish a feral breed from the wild by many tokens; and..denominate the real wild horse Tarpan and Tarpani. Ibid. 163 Real Tarpans are not larger than ordinary mules, their colour invariably tan, Isabella, or mouse. Ibid. 164 There is always a certain number of expelled Tarpan stallions among them [feral herds]. 1905W. Ridgeway Origin of Thoroughbred Horse 34 It would appear that Prejvalsky's horse is nothing more than the Tarpan of the older writers. 1910Dr. P. Chalmers Mitchell Let. to Editor, I think it is clear that the name Tarpan belongs to a genuine wild horse, a true species, but that it has been subsequently applied to the progeny of escaped domestic horses. |