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    Primitive markings are a group of hair coat markings and qualities seen in several equine species, including horses, donkeys, and asses. In horses, they...
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    lightens most of the body while leaving the mane, tail, legs, and primitive markings the shade of the undiluted base coat color. A dun horse always has...
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    mechanism of this process has yet to be identified. Primitive marking variants sometimes called "bider markings" have been seen in Przewalski's horses and Mongolian...
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    The dun gene is responsible for flat, diluted coat colors and vivid primitive markings. Bay dun is thought to be the wildtype horse coat color. Dun does...
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    related shade with darker (usually black or dark brown) points and primitive markings. The breed standard recognises five shade variations. These shades...
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    Markings on horses are usually distinctive white areas on an otherwise dark base coat color. Most horses have some markings, and they help to identify...
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    gray gene, it will be born a mouse tan-gray shade, usually with bold primitive markings, but then lighten and eventually develop a white hair coat with age...
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    They may have pink skin beneath any white markings under the areas of white hair, and if such white markings include one or both eyes, the eyes may be...
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    have the dun dilution gene, not the cream gene. Duns always have primitive markings (shoulder blade stripes, dorsal stripe, zebra stripes on legs, webbing)...
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    white markings; however such markings do not alter a horse's classification as "bay". Bay horses have dark skin – except under white markings, where...
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    The Sorraia is known for its primitive features, including a convex profile and dun coloring with primitive markings. Concerning its origins, a theory...
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    and asses before domestication of the horse. Some were non-dun with primitive markings, and non-dun 1 is one of the oldest coat color mutations, and has...
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    coat. Dun horses have a tan body with a darker mane and tail plus primitive markings such as a dorsal stripe down the spine and horizontal striping on...
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    may have pink skin with white hair where there are white markings, and if such white markings include one or both eyes, the eyes may be blue. Chestnut...
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    grullo (a dun variant) in color, with occasional white markings. The breed has primitive markings, including a dorsal stripe and horizontal striping on...
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    and primitive markings. Cream dun, cremello dun or linebacked cremello: a blue-eyed cream horse also carrying the dun gene. The primitive markings associated...
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    (660 lb). They have a dun coat with pangaré features and often have dark primitive markings. Przewalski's horse was formally described as a novel species in 1881...
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    white hairs. Like other dun coat colors, grullos have dark or black primitive markings, always including a stripe down the back. One pattern of roaning is...
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    unaffected and remain black,: 210  however a horse with high white leg markings might have their points obscured.: 8  Some breeds of sheep exhibit point...
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    movable and can locate the source of a sound. A dun-colored coat with primitive markings that include a dorsal stripe and often leg striping and transverse...
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    of the thighs, on the muzzle, and around the eyes. They often have primitive markings such as dorsal stripe, shoulder stripe or zebra stripes on the legs...
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    pigment making up the base) can be affected by: Intensity locus. White markings and ticking can occur on any brindle dog. Brindle is caused by a complex...
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    other HMAs exhibit Spanish horse traits, such as dun coloration and primitive markings. Genetic studies of other herds show various blends of Spanish, gaited...
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    white syndrome Horse markings and patterns Other Bend-Or spots Brindle Cropout Liver Pangaré Point coloration Primitive markings Sooty Flaxen Mushroom...
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    Facial markings are similar to those of a traditionally solid-colored horse. i.e. star, snip, strip, or blaze. Extreme white facial markings suggest...
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    English as "hee haw". Most donkeys have dorsal and shoulder stripes, primitive markings which form a distinctive cross pattern on their backs. A jenny is...
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  • Siberia, but it is slightly larger. It may be either bay, or dun with primitive markings – a dorsal stripe, and zebra bars on the legs.: 492  It is hardy,...
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    brown duns have conspicuous primitive markings including at least a dorsal stripe and darker points. The primitive markings of brown duns are black, and...
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    the white markings are called patches. In North American equestrian usage, the term for all large-spotted colouring is pinto, and the markings are called...
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    Verkhoyansk horse. It is usually bay, gray or light dun in color, with primitive markings including a dark dorsal stripe and zebra-pattern stripes on the legs...
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