noun
- an extinct wild horse that lived in Europe and Asia
Usage: zoological
Examples
- The tarpan was the last truly wild horse in Europe.
- Tarpans became extinct in the wild during the 19th century.
- Scientists believe the tarpan was the ancestor of domestic horses.
- The last tarpan died in captivity in 1909.
- Conservation efforts have attempted to breed horses resembling the tarpan.
- Tarpans once roamed the steppes and forests of Eastern Europe.