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08-24-2020, 09:34 PM( This post was last modified: 01-17-2021, 07:48 AM by Balam )
"Multi-stallion band of feral Venezuelan creole horses resting during the midday heat. (Los Llanos, Venezuela)
Although the harem type of structure has been understood as the basic structure of horse society, multi-male stallion bands are more common than one is often led to think.
Bands consist of 1-26 mares and their offspring, accompanied by one or more stallions. Up to half, the bands in a herd may contain more than one and as many as five stallions (Linklater et al., 1999).
The population studied by Berger (1983; 1986) showed that bands found to last over seven months were mainly harem formations (88%) and the rest multi-stallion bands (12%). Miller (1981) found the same general pattern in his study of the Red Desert horses of Wyoming."
Wild and Feral Horses: Studies, Pictorial and Information
