Changes: Flea-bitten

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Fleabitten is used to describe one specific coat marking. A White or Gray horse speckled with reddish brown or black flecks is known as fleabitten

Origin

Fleas, much like ticks or mosquitos, live on the blood of other animals such as humans, cats, dogs, or horses and are usually rust colored in appearance. The term fleabitten was derived from the comparison of a white horse with flea bites and a white or gray horse with very similar markings.

Breeds With This Coat

The most common horse known to possess this coat color is the Arabian. It is also really common in Connameras. Here is a list of all breeds that have the possibility to be fleabitten:

Arabians

Connameras

Hanoverians

Irish Sport Horses

Welsh Ponies

Thoroughbreds

Quarter Horses

Warmbloods

Tennessee Walking Horses

New Forest Ponies

Lusitanos

American Saddlebreds

Dartmoors

Chincoteagues

Falabellas

The list goes on. As you have probsbly gathered from this list, there are many breeds that can have this beautiful coat colour.

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+[[File:Bemapearl.jpg|thumb|A Fleabitten Arabian mare]]'''Fleabitten '''is used to describe one specific coat marking. A [[White]] or [[Gray]] horse speckled with reddish brown or black flecks is known as fleabitten
-== Appearance ==
-[[File:Bemapearl.jpg|thumb|BEMA Pearl: fleabitten Arabian mare]]'''Fleabitten '''is used to describe one specific coat marking. A [[White]] or [[Gray]] horse speckled with reddish brown or black flecks is known as fleabitten
 == Origin ==
 Fleas, much like ticks or mosquitos, live on the blood of other animals such as humans, cats, dogs, or horses and are usually rust colored in appearance. The term fleabitten was derived from the comparison of a white horse with flea bites and a white or gray horse with very similar markings.
+[[File:C067B0BC-9AFB-4E4C-AD01-BA732022C16F.jpeg|thumb|342x342px]]
+[[File:4F4AEADE-1074-4695-BF79-637A139F70A1.jpeg|thumb|280x280px]]
 == Breeds With This Coat ==
-The most common horse known to possess this coat color is the Arabia.
+The most common horse known to possess this coat color is the Arabian. It is also really common in Connameras. Here is a list of all breeds that have the possibility to be fleabitten:
+Arabians
+Connameras
+Hanoverians
+Irish Sport Horses
+Welsh Ponies
+Thoroughbreds
+Quarter Horses
+Warmbloods
+Tennessee Walking Horses
+New Forest Ponies
+Lusitanos
+American Saddlebreds
+Dartmoors
+Chincoteagues
+Falabellas
+The list goes on. As you have probsbly gathered from this list, there are many breeds that can have this beautiful coat colour.
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