List of African horse breeds

This is a list of the horse breeds usually considered to have developed in the African continent.^[1][2] Some may have complex or obscure histories, so inclusion here does not necessarily imply that a breed is predominantly or exclusively African.

Other names printed in bold are native labels of the breed.

English name	Other names	Reported from	Notes	Image
Abyssinian		Ethiopia
Bahr el-Ghazal	Kréda; Ganaston	Chad	regional variant of the Dongola
Baladi Egyptian		Egypt
Bale		Ethiopia
Bandiagara		Mali, Niger	Dongola-Barb cross
Barb	Berber: ⴰⴳⵎⴰⵔ ⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖ, Arabic: حصان بربري, Barbary	Algeria, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Senegal, Tunisia
Basotho Pony		Lesotho
Beledougou	Bélédougou, Banamba	Mali
Bhirum Pony	Nigerian Pony	Nigeria
Bobo		Burkina Faso
Boerperd		Botswana, South Africa
Borana		Ethiopia
Bornu		Nigeria	regional variant of the Dongola
Calvinia		South Africa	extinct
Cape Harness	Afrikaans: Bolandse Waperd or Bolandse Tuigperd	South Africa	extinct
Cape Horse	Afrikaans: Boerperd	South Africa	extinct
Cheval de Nioro		Mali
Djerma	Aréwa, Bagazan, Ganja, Manga, Gobir, Ader	Niger	Dongola-Barb cross
Dombi		Mali
Dongola		Chad, Eritrea, Mali, Sudan
English Halbblut Horse		South Africa
European Warmblood		South Africa
Fleuve	Wolof: Naru Gor	Senegal
Foutanké	Fouta	Senegal
Hamdani[3]: 122	Arabic: االحمداني	Tunisia
Hausa	Haoussa	Mali, Niger, Nigeria	regional variant of the Dongola
Hodh		Mali, Mauritania
Horro		Ethiopia
Kafa		Ethiopia
Koto-Koli Pony		Benin, Togo
Kundudo		Ethiopia	feral
Poney des Mogods	Arabic: خيل مقعد	Tunisia
M'Par	Mpar, Cheval de Cayor	Senegal
M'Bayar		Senegal
Mossi		Burkina Faso	Dongola-Barb cross
Namaqua Pony		South Africa	extinct
Namib Desert Horse	Afrikaans: Namib Woestyn Perd	Namibia	feral
Namib Horse		South Africa
Nefza Pony		Tunisia	extinct
Nooitgedachter	Nooitgedachtperd, Nooitgedacht Pony, Nooitgedacht Horse	Botswana, South Africa
Ogaden	Also called Wilwal	Ethiopia
Poney du Logone		Chad
Selale		Ethiopia
South African Miniature Horse	Afrikaans: Suid-afrikaanse Miniatuur Perd	South Africa
South African Sporting Horse		South Africa
South African Warm Blood	Afrikaans: Suid-afrikaanse Warmbloed	South Africa
Sahel		Mali
Somali Pony	Somali: Nugali	Somalia
Songhoï	Songhaq	Mali	Dongola-Barb cross
Sudan Country-Bred	Sudanese Country-Bred	Sudan
Sulebawa		Nigeria
Tawleed		Sudan
Torodi		Niger
Tswana		Botswana
Vlaamperd		South Africa
West African Barb		Algeria, Chad, Ghana, Mauritania, Senegal, Tunisia
West African Dongola		Central African Republic, Sudan
West African Pony		Ghana
Western Sudan Pony		Sudan
Yagha		Burkina Faso	Dongola-Barb cross