Name and Etymology
The name "tarpan" or "tarpani" is from a Turkic language (Kyrgyz or Kazakh) name meaning "wild horse". The Tatars and Cossacks distinguished the wild horse from the feral horse; the latter was called Takja or Muzin.
In modern use, the term has been loosely used to refer to the predomesticated ancestor of the modern horse, Equus ferus, to the pre-domestic subspecies believed to have lived into the historic era, equus ferus ferus, and to all European primitive or "wild" horses in general. The modern "bred-back" horse breeds are also promoted as "Tarpan" by their supporters.
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