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The Međimurje horse (; (クロアチア語:Međimurski konj), (ドイツ語:Murinsulaner), (ハンガリー語:Muraközi ló), (スロベニア語:Medžimurski konj)) is an autochthonous medium-heavy horse breed of draught horse originating from Međimurje County in northernmost part of Croatia. ==Characteristics== The typical Međimurje horse ranges from to high. Stallions can weigh up to . Compared with two other cold-blooded Croatian breeds, it is significantly taller and heavier than the Posavac horse (140–150 cm high) and closer in size to the Croatian Coldblood horse (150–160 cm). It has a relatively small head and small ears, short and strong neck, pronounced withers and powerful shoulders, well-developed chest and sturdy legs. The dominant colours are bay and seal brown, followed by black, while the other ones are much more rare. The temperament of the Međimurje horse is calm, even and affectionate, with good obedience and willingness to work, either to pull waggons or work in a field or forest. Following the introduction of machinery into agriculture, the breed has lost its importance though, and is being used increasingly for horsemeat production today. As for its pure-breeding, the genetical analyses were made recently, using samples of mitochondrial DNA of a significant number of both Croatian and Hungarian population of the breed, as well as related breeds (''Posavac horse'', ''Croatian Coldblood horse'', ''Noriker horse'' etc.), and showed that Međimurje horse is an autochthonous breed with origin linked to some other, mostly neighbouring, cold-blooded horse breeds. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Međimurje horse」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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