Tarpan << TAHR pan >> was a wild horse that lived in the forests of Europe and on the steppes (vast prairies) of Russia. The last known Tarpan died in 1909. However, scientists believe that they have bred a horse that is exactly like the original European forest horse. These scientists worked at the Hellabrunn Zoo in Munich, Germany. They developed a process of back-breeding which produced a small horse in the 1950’s that looks like the ancient Tarpan.
