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The Appaloosa horse
Appaloosas naturally show a mottled coat, white sclera (the bit of the eye next to the cornea) and striped hooves.
The breed history of this distinctive horse is not completely understood. There is some proof that spotted horses were established in quite a few nation-states in Asia and europe, and there are cave pictures which have been dated back to 18000BC clearly showing mottled horses that could well be be the origins of the appaloosa we know today. It is possible that the spotted coat was by origin a type of camouflage, serving a similar purpose to the stripes on a zebra.
The modern-day Appaloosa is descended from horses brought to The usa by early colonists. These were passed on to the Nez perce tribe, who masterfully turned them into the terrific horses that we recognize these days.
Appaloosas were by origin known as the "Palouse horse", although slowly the name transformed into the modern variant, "Appaloosa".
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