Lavradeiro
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The or Roraima Wild Horse is a Brazilian breed or population of feral horses of Colonial Spanish type in the state of Roraima, in northern Brazil. The name derives from the or savannah terrain in that region.
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- Instance of
- horse breed
- Subclass of
- feral horse
- Population
- 1680
- Country of origin
- Brazil
- Image
- Cavalos selvagens de Roraima.jpg
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The or Roraima Wild Horse is a Brazilian breed or population of feral horses of Colonial Spanish type in the state of Roraima, in northern Brazil. The name derives from the or savannah terrain in that region.
A conservation herd was established in Amajari by the Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária, the national organisation for agricultural research, in about 1991.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lavradeiro” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.