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Mustang

The mustang is a free-roaming horse of the Western United States, descended from horses brought to the Americas by the Spanish conquistadors. Mustangs are often referred to as wild horses, but because they are descended from once domesticated animals, they are actually feral horses. The original mustangs were Colonial Spanish horses, but many other…

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Country of origin
North America
Distinguishing features
Small, compact, good bone, very hardy

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Avg. degree1.99
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related to Sources · 92
Mustang → Agriculture, America's Mustangs, American Anthropologist, Amigo Publications, Anglo-America, Arizona Press, Behavior, Bennett, Bibcode, BLM Wild Horse, Board, Boise, Boston, Brown, Budiansky, Bureau, Burro Management Program, Burro Program, California, Committee
related to 19th century · 24
Mustang → American, American War, An, Burros Act, Dobie's, Edward, Estimates, Frank Dobie, Free-Roaming Horses, Historian, In, McKnight, Mexican, My, No, North America, Some, Steiguer, Stephen Austin, Texas
related to Characteristics and ancestry · 22
Mustang → American Quarter Horse, Bureau, Colonial Spanish, Curly Horses, For, Genetic, Herd Management Areas, HMA, HMAs, Idaho, Land Management, Mustangs, Nevada, Others, Quarter Horse, Some, The, They, Thoroughbred, Throughout
related to Management and adoption · 20
Mustang → Alberta, Although, BLM, Burros Act, Canada, Congress, Difficulty, Federal Land Policy, Free-Roaming Horses, Great Basin, Land Management, Management Act, Mountain, The Bureau, There, United States, When, While, Wild, Wolves
related to Modern issues · 20
Mustang → American West, Americas, Another, BLM, Due, Engineering, It, Medicine, National Academies, National Research Council, North America, North American, Sciences, Since, Some, The, The Wildlife Society, There, Thus, United States
related to 21st century · 16
Mustang → AML, Another, Appropriate Management Level, August, California, Herd Management Areas, HMA, Montana, More, Nevada, North America, Oregon, State Quarter, The BLM, Utah, Wyoming
related to 20th century · 13
Mustang → American War, Bob Brislawn, By, Colonial Spanish Horse, Frank Dobie, In, Nevada, Other, Spanish, Spanish Mustang Registry, Western, World War, Wyoming
related to Etymology and usage · 9
Mustang → According, Although, English, John Minsheu, Mostrenco, Mustangs, OED, Oxford English Dictionary, Spanish
see also · 6
Mustang → AreasFord MustangMustang Heritage FoundationP-51, Bureau, Horses, Kleppe, Land Management Herd Management, New MexicoList
Country of origin · 1
Mustang → North America

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horses horse mustangs spanish free-roaming population wild management blm also herds native land feral west people states animals numbers american

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MustangCountry of originNorth America1.00infobox
MustangDistinguishing featuresSmall, compact, good bone, very hardy1.00infobox
Mustangis afree-roaming horse of the Western United States0.90text
the Great Basininstance ofskirting desert regions0.80text
the western Colorado Plateauinstance ofskirting desert regions0.80text
cattleinstance ofhorses can obtain adequate nutrition from poorer forage than can ruminants0.80text
and so can survive in areas where cattle will starve.Howeverinstance ofhorses can obtain adequate nutrition from poorer forage than can ruminants0.80text
while the BLM rates horses by animal unitinstance ofhorses can obtain adequate nutrition from poorer forage than can ruminants0.80text
Mustangrelated to 19th centuryAn0.60section
Mustangrelated to 19th centuryAmerican0.60section
Mustangrelated to 19th centuryZebulon Pike0.60section
Mustangrelated to 19th centuryIn0.60section

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