Basuto Pony

Basuto Pony
Illustration from 1909
Conservation status
Other namesBasotho Pony
Country of originSouth Africa
DistributionLesotho
Traits
Height
  • up to 147 cm
Colourdark colours, grey

The Basuto or Basotho Pony was an African breed of small horse. It developed in the territory that is now South Africa, but is more closely associated with Lesotho (formerly Basutoland). In the twenty-first century it is reported to be extinct or close to extinction.