Dutch Miniature

Dutch Miniature
	At Agriflanders in 2009
Conservation status	FAO (2007): not listed[1]; DAD-IS (2022): at risk/endangered[2];
Other names	Nederlands Minipaard
Country of origin	Netherlands
Standard	Nederlandse Mini Paarden Registratie Stamboek (in Dutch)
Traits
Height	not over 106 cm (42 in);
Colour	any
	Equus ferus caballus;

The Dutch Miniature or Nederlands Minipaard is a Dutch breed of small or miniature horse. It has been selectively bred to display in miniature the physical characteristics of a full-sized horse, and may stand no taller than 106 cm.[3]^: 463

At Agriflanders in 2007

History

The stud-book for the Dutch Miniature was begun in 1993.[3]^: 463[2]

Characteristics

The Nederlandse Mini Paarden Registratie Stamboek registers horses in two sections, one for miniature horses no taller than 86 cm, and another for small horses standing up to 106 cm.[3]^: 463

References

Barbara Rischkowsky, Dafydd Pilling (editors) (2007). List of breeds documented in the Global Databank for Animal Genetic Resources, annex to The State of the World's Animal Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. Rome: Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. ISBN 9789251057629. Archived 23 June 2020.
Breed data sheet: Minipaard / Netherlands (Horse). Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed August 2022.
Valerie Porter, Lawrence Alderson, Stephen J.G. Hall, D. Phillip Sponenberg (2016). Mason's World Encyclopedia of Livestock Breeds and Breeding (sixth edition). Wallingford: CABI. ISBN 9781780647944.

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[barb-1] Barbara Rischkowsky, Dafydd Pilling (editors) (2007). List of breeds documented in the Global Databank for Animal Genetic Resources, annex to The State of the World's Animal Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. Rome: Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. ISBN 9789251057629. Archived 23 June 2020.

[dad-2] Breed data sheet: Minipaard / Netherlands (Horse). Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed August 2022.

[cabi-3] Valerie Porter, Lawrence Alderson, Stephen J.G. Hall, D. Phillip Sponenberg (2016). Mason's World Encyclopedia of Livestock Breeds and Breeding (sixth edition). Wallingford: CABI. ISBN 9781780647944.