Belgian horses (breed)
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Eukaryota (domain) > Animalia (kingdom) > Chordata (phylum) > Vertebrata (subphylum) > Mammalia (class) > Perissodactyla (order) > Equidae (family) > Equus (genus) > Equus caballus (species)
Descripción
Breed of heavy draft horse characterized by a thick muscular neck, small head, powerful shoulders and quarters, short legs, and having a sorrel (chestnut) coloring with a lighter mane. It is an old breed descended from the Flemish 'great horse,' the medieval battle horse native to the Low Countries.
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- Belgian horse (breed) [en]
- Belgians (horses) [en]
- Belgian heavy horse (breed) [en]