道产子
外观
道产子(日语 : どさんこ),被称为北海道马和北海道和种,是日本现存的八个本土马(在来马)品种之一,也是八个中唯一一个没有严重濒危的马品种[1]。牠源于北海道东部。体高125~135cm、体重350~400㎏。
历史
[编辑]北海道马被认为是从德川时代晚期从本州东北地区带到岛上的马匹,并被留在那里[2],因当时北海道渔场逐渐被閞发,北海道马主要用于运输渔获。
该品种的总数从1973年的1180头增加到1990年代初的近3000头,但到2000年已经下降到1950匹,因交通机械化这种马的使用已不再普遍。
现在主要用于流镝马仪式和供伤残人士骑乘。
北海道大学获得一笔赠款,用于研究该品种的保护措施。
参考
[编辑]- ^ [National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences] (2007). Country Report (For FAO State of the World’s Animal Genetic Resources Process), annex to: Barbara Rischkowsky, D. Pilling (eds.) (2007). The State of the World's Animal Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. ISBN 9789251057629. Accessed October 2014.
- ^ [Nihon Daigaku, Jinkō Kenkyūjo; Hokkaidō Daigaku] (1981). Planned population distribution for development: Hokkaido experience (页面存档备份,存于互联网档案馆) (Conference papers: report of the UNFPA/NUPRI International Seminar on Planned Population Distribution for Development: Hokkaido Experience, 19–23 May 1980, Sapporo, Japan, sponsored by the United Nations Fund for Population Activities, in collaboration with the Nihon University Population Research Institute and Hokkaido University). New York: United Nations Fund for Population Activities. p. 37. Accessed October 2014.