道產子
道産子(日語 : どさんこ),被稱為北海道馬和北海道和種,是日本現存的八個本土馬(在來馬)品種之一,也是八個中唯一一個沒有嚴重瀕危的馬品種[1]。牠源於北海道東部。體高125~135cm、體重350~400㎏。
歴史
北海道馬被認為是從德川時代晚期從本州東北地區帶到島上的馬匹,並被留在那裡[2],因當時北海道漁場逐漸被閞發,北海道馬主要用於運輸漁獲。
該品種的總數從1973年的1180頭增加到1990年代初的近3000頭,但到2000年已經下降到1950匹,因交通機械化這種馬的使用已不再普遍。
現在主要用於流鏑馬儀式和供傷殘人士騎乘。
北海道大學獲得一筆贈款,用於研究該品種的保護措施。
參考
- ^ [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.