Burmese Horse
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| Other names | Bama Myinn |
| Country of origin | Myanmar |
| Use | pack animal, cart-horse[3]: 28 |
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The Burmese Horse or Bama Myinn is a Burmese breed of small horse.[2] It is one of two horse breeds in Myanmar, the other being the Shan Horse.[3]: 28
History
The Burmese Horse is one of two horse breeds in Myanmar, the other being the Shan Horse.[3]: 28 The two are sometimes treated as synonyms,[4]: 448 but are separately reported to DAD-IS by the Livestock Breeding and Veterinary Department of the Ministry of Livestock, Fisheries and Rural Development of Myanmar.[5]
The population of the Burmese breed was last reported to DAD-IS in 1991, when there were 26000 breeding mares.[2] In 2007 its conservation status was recorded by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations as "not at risk";[1]: 81 in 2026 its status was listed in DAD-IS as "unknown".[2]
Characteristics
The Burmese Horse is well adapted to the hot and humid conditions of the country.[2] Its coat is not as thick as that of the Shan Horse.[6] Height at the withers is variously reported as 145 cm for males[2] and as 122 to 132 cm without distinction of sex.[4]: 448
Use
It is used principally as a pack animal or to pull carts.[3]: 10
References
- 1 2 Barbara Rischkowsky, Dafydd Pilling (editors) (2007). List of breeds documented in the Global Databank for Animal Genetic Resources, annex to: The State of the World's Animal Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. Rome: Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. ISBN 9789251057629. Archived 23 June 2020.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Burmese / Myanmar (Horse). Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed May 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 National Consultative Committee (2005). National Report on Animal Genetic Resources, The Union of Myanmar; annex to: Barbara Rischkowsky, Dafydd Pilling (editors) (2007). The State of the World's Animal Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. Rome: Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. ISBN 9789251057629. Archived 20 October 2021.
- 1 2 Valerie Porter, Lawrence Alderson, Stephen J.G. Hall, D. Phillip Sponenberg (2016). Mason's World Encyclopedia of Livestock Breeds and Breeding (sixth edition). Wallingford: CABI. ISBN 9781780647944.
- ↑ Breeds reported by Myanmar: Horse. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed May 2026.
- ↑ Shan Pony / Myanmar (Horse). Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed May 2026.