Metadata

Conservation Status

Not extinct

Last Record

The 1880s | The early 20th century

Place of Breeding

Lesotho | South Africa

Synonym

Basuto Pony

Extinction Reason

War | Disease | Export and crossing with the Arab and Thoroughbred

References

Basotho Pony. The Equinest. (2024, October 27). http://www.theequinest.com/breeds/basotho-pony/

Hendricks, B. L. (2007). International Encyclopedia of Horse Breeds. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press.

Lekota, T. A. (2003). The State of the Basotho Pony in Lesotho. Community-Based Management of Animal Genetic Resources. http://www.fao.org/docrep/006/y3970e/y3970e08.htm

LEKOTA, T. A. (n.d.). THE STATE OF BASOTHO PONY HORSES IN LESOTHO. Workshop on Community based management of animal genetic resources. https://www.ilri.org/InfoServ/Webpub/fulldocs/AnGenResCD/docs/Workshop_on_Comm_Man_AGR/paper lekota/acknow.htm

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

Wikimedia Foundation. (2025, March 17). Basuto (Paard). Wikipedia. https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basuto_(paard) (in Dutch)