Metadata

Conservation Status

Extinct

Last Record

The mid-20th century

Place of Breeding

Hebrides, Scotland

Variety

small variety of the Hebridean Pony

Extinction Reason

Absorbed into the Highland Pony

References

Barra Pony. The Equinest. (2013, October 30). http://www.theequinest.com/breeds/barra-pony/

Barra pony with peat panniers. (n.d.). The University of St Andrews. Retrieved from https://collections.st-andrews.ac.uk/item/barra-pony-with-peat-panniers/4533.

Maclean, C. I. (2020). ‘A Barra Pony’ as photographed by Robert M. Adam, 1925. Facebook. Retrieved from https://www.facebook.com/calumiainmaclean/posts/a-barra-pony-as-photographed-by-robert-m-adam-1925/4169827556390688/.

Porter, V., & Mason, I. L. (2002). Mason’s World Dictionary of Livestock Breeds, Types and Varieties (5th ed.). Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK: CABI Publishing.

Porter, V., Alderson, L., Hall, S. J. G., & Sponenberg, D. P. (2016). Mason’s World Encyclopedia of Livestock Breeds and Breeding: 2 Volume Pack (1st ed.). Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK: CABI.

Richardson, C. (1911). The New Book of the Horse (Vol. 1). London, UK: Cassell and Co Limited.