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Equus caballus

‘Oro-‘enua

Horse

Multimedia & Additional Resources

Type	Description	Download
Image:	Stallion, mare, and foal (Easter Island)	122KB
Image:	Adult (Rarotonga)	95KB
Image:	Horse at work (Tonga)	62KB

General Information

COMMON NAMES: Horse

TRADITIONAL NAMES: ‘Oro-‘enua / Puaka ‘Oro-‘enua (RR), ‘Aka‘oro (MG), ‘Oro‘enua (AT MK MT AK); Other Polynesian - Lio (HAW, origin uncertain); COMMENT: ‘Aka‘oro (MG) literally "to make run".

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Introduced - Recent, Not naturalised; Land

SIGNIFICANCE LIST: Transport/Pleasure

Cook Islands Distribution

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Southern Group: Present Makatea:
RR	MG	AT	MK	MT	AK	PL	TK	MN
++			+			-

Northern Group: -
TN	MH	RK	PK	NS	SW
-	-	-	-	-	-

Key to Symbols

blank	no data
-	absent	L	localised
X	extinct 'naturally'	W	widespread
XQi	quarantine intercepted	R	recent
XQe	eradicated	?	query preceding category
P	present	T?	taxonomic query
S	seasonal	nn	present, said to have no name
O	occasional	?1	present, name not investigated
++++	very common	?2	presence not verified, no name recorded
+++	common	N/A	absent, name not expected
++	uncommon
+	rare
Cook Islands islands: RR =Rarotonga, MG = Mangaia, AT =‘Ātiu, MK=Ma‘uke, MT=Miti‘āro, AK=Aitutaki, PL=Palmerston, PN=Penrhyn, MN=Manuae, TK=Takūtea, TN=Tongareva (TS=Tongaleva Spoken, TW=Tongareva Written, they say "el" but write "r"), MH=Manihiki, RK=Rakahanga, PK=Pukapuka, NS=Nassau, SW=Suwarrow. After a Polynesian name: ^=orthography query. Countries and other: FIJ=Fiji, WT=Wallis & Futuna, SAM=Samoa, TON=Tonga, NIU=Niue, CK=Cook Islands, CKM=Cook Islands Māori, FP=French Polynesia, AUS=Australs, SOC=Societies, TAH=Tahiti, TUA=Tuamotus, MQS=Marquesas, MNG=Mangareva, PIT=Pitcain group, EAS=Easter Island, HAW=Hawai‘i, NZ=New Zealand, NZM=New Zealand Māori

Scientific Taxonomy

Equus caballus Linnaeus, 1758
TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; CHORDATA; GNATHOSTOMATA (Jawed Vertebrates); TETRAPODA; MAMMALIA; THERIA; EUTHERIA; Perissodactyla; EQUIDAE

More Information

SIGNIFICANCE NOTES -. Comment: NBSAP - Te Au-o-tonga (1 of 2 domestic); NBSAP - Takitumu (1 of 3 domestic), NBSAP - Puaikura (2 of 3 domestic animals), NBSAP - Aitutaki (1 of 1 domestic animals), NBSAP - Mauke (1= of 3 domestic animals), NBSAP - Mitiaro (1 of 4 domestic animals), NBSAP - Mangaia (1 of 2 domestic), NBSAP - Atiu (4 of 5 domestic)
POSITIVE SIGNIFICANCE: Transport/Pleasure

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
None Recorded.

References:
None recorded.

Data Update History (information):
zTX, zB02, zM02, zup03b

Web Resources

Citation Information

McCormack, Gerald (2007) Cook Islands Biodiversity Database, Version 2007.2. Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust, Rarotonga. Online at http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org.
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