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The Appaloosa
Appaloosas frequently have a mottled (or 'spotty') skin, pale sclera (the section of the eye close to the cornea) and striped hooves.
The story of this distinctive horse is not totally recognized. There is evidence that spotted horses were living in a good number of geographical regions in Asia and europe, and archeologists have found cave pictures which are as old as to 18000BC clearly showing mottled horses that may be the origins of the appaloosa we know today. It is quite likely that the spotted coat was first a type of camouflage, serving a similar purpose to the striped pattern on a zebra.
The modern Appaloosa descends from horses brought to Mexico and the u.s. by conquistadors. These were acquired by the Nez perce people, who skillfully bred them into the superb horses that we admire nowadays.
This wonderful horse was originally referred to as the "Palouse horse", although gradually the name transformed into the present-day rendering, "Appaloosa".
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