Mountain Ponies

fuzzy and stubborn

Cousin to the grassland horses, these ponies are small and hardy, with thick coats and hard hooves. They can navigate a cliff edge calmly and surely even while the stone crumbles beneath them. A few wild herds roam the western mountain range, but most ponies live in domesticated herds cared after by the people who also call the mountain their home.

Basic Information

Anatomy

Short and muscular, thick coats. Look like a pony

Genetics and Reproduction

just like ponies

Growth Rate & Stages

like a pony

Ecology and Habitats

The western mountains. Forests.

Dietary Needs and Habits

Needs to eat and drink a lot every day. A wild pony spends most of its day feeding, actually. They eat grass, bushes, bark, anything really that won't kill them. They forage by wandering around eating things while avoiding predators and never straying far from a reliable water source.

Biological Cycle

In winter they grow thick coats and in summer they shed them.
In winter wild herds generally migrate more south and in valleys, in summer more north and up mountains

Additional Information

Average Intelligence

smarter than an Earth pony, generally

Perception and Sensory Capabilities

Pony hearing, sight, smell, all that.
They can sense spirits/spiritual energy.

Symbiotic and Parasitic organisms

Domesticated herds live symbiotically with humans.
It's suspected that mountain ponies have a small connection to the spirit land? Either that or they're just real smart, uncannily so at times.

Origin/Ancestry

All horses are believed to come from the Star Mare

Conservation Status

Fewer in number than their grassland cousins, but they're not endangered