Miyako horse
Japanese breed of horse
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The Miyako (Japanese: 宮古馬, Miyako uma) is a Japanese breed of small horse originating on Miyako Island, in the Ryukyu Islands in the southern part of Okinawa Prefecture, in south-western Japan.[3][4][5][6][7][8][9] In the twenty-first century it is an endangered breed: total numbers have not been recorded at over forty head since records began in 1977.[3]: 94 [2]
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History
The Miyako is a traditional breed of Miyako Island, in the Ryukyu Islands in the southern part of Okinawa Prefecture, in south-western Japan.[2] It was formerly a small horse, with a height at the withers of some 120–122 cm. In the mid-twentieth century it was cross-bred with larger horses of foreign origin, leading to in increase in height to about 142 cm.[10]: 486
