Taking a Closer Look at Takhi on National Day of the Horse | Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute https://nationalzoo.si.edu/animals/news/taking-closer-look-takhi-national-day-horse
In 2004, the United States Congress designated Dec. 13 to be “National Day of the Horse” – an opportunity to recognize the outsized role domesticated horses have played in human history. But for this year’s Day of the Horse, we’re taking a different tack, if you will, to recognize the Przewalski’s horse.
shah-VAL-skee), also known as takhi in Mongolian and yema in Mandarin