Noma Horse
Equus caballus
Photo: OpenCage.com / CC BY-SA 2.5 / Wikimedia Commons
The Noma Horse is one of Japan's smallest native horses, kept mainly in the Noma area of Imabari, Ehime Prefecture. Docile and sturdy, it was used for work and transport on steep slopes such as orchards. Its numbers fell drastically, but conservation work has kept the breed alive.
- Scientific name
- Equus caballus
- Group
- Mammals（Native breed）
- Prefectures
- Ehime
- 日本語
- ノマウマ
- 简体中文
- 野间马
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The Noma Horse is designated as a species without a fixed area and lives in places such as Ehime.
You can see the Noma Horse at Nomauma Highland, Ehime Prefectural Tobe Zoo, Toyama Municipal Family Park, Ueno Zoological Gardens, among others (confirmed on each facility's official website on 2026-10-15).
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