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The Appaloosa horse
Appaloosas classically display a mottled coat, white sclera (the section of the eye close to the cornea) and vertically striped hooves.
The history of this distinctive horse is only partly understood. There is some evidence that mottled horses were being bred in a number of nations in Asia and europe, and archeologists have found cave pictures which are as old as to 18000BC clearly showing spotty horses that may be forefathers of the horse we know today. It is quite likely that the spotted coat was initially a form of camouflage, similar to the zebra's stripes.
The modern-day Appaloosa descends from horses brought to The usa by early colonists. These were passed to the Nez perce tribe, who skillfully engineered them into the marvelous horses that we recognize today.
This fine horse was initially known as the "Palouse horse", but slowly the name has changed into the contemporary variation, "Appaloosa".
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