Konik

Konik
Conservation status
  • FAO (2007): endangered: 139 
  • DAD-IS (2021): at risk
Other names
  • Polish Konik
  • Konik polski
Country of originPoland
Distribution
  • Poland
  • Baltic states
  • France
  • Germany
  • The Netherlands
  • United Kingdom: 216 
Traits
Weight
  • 380 kg
Height
  • 130–140 cm: 216 
Colourmouse dun or striped dun
Breed standards

The Konik or Polish Konik, Polish: konik polski, is a Polish breed of small horse or pony. There are semi-feral populations in some regions. They are usually mouse dun or striped dun.

The Bilgoray, Polish: konik biłgorajski, of south-eastern Poland is a sub-type of the breed influenced by Arab and Thoroughbred blood; it is close to extinction. The extinct Sweyki or Schweike sub-type of East Prussia contributed to the development of the Trakehner.: 481 

The word "konik" means 'small horse'. It may be used in a wider sense to describe the Polish Konik and other similar breeds, among them the Hucul pony of the Carpathian Mountains, the Polesian of Belarus and the Žemaitukas of Lithuania.: 481 

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