The horse is a domesticated, one-toed, hoofed mammal. It belongs to the taxonomic family Equidae and is one of two extant subspecies of Equus ferus. The horse has evolved over the past 45 to 55 million years from a small multi-toed creature, close to Eohippus, into the large, single-toed animal of today. Humans began domesticating horses around 4000 BCE, and their domestication is believed to have been widespread by 3000 BCE. Horses in the subspecies caballus are domesticated, although some domesticated populations live in the wild as feral horses. These feral populations are not true wild horses, which are horses that never have been domesticated and historically linked to the megafauna category of species. There is an extensive, specialized vocabulary used to describe equine-related concepts, covering everything from anatomy to life stages, size, colors, markings, breeds, locomotion, and behavior.
Martin Van Buren Bates, known as the Kentucky Giant, was an American man notable for his great height. He was 7 ft 9 in (2.36 m) tall and weighed 475 lb (215 kg).
Anna Haining Bates was a Canadian woman notable for her great stature of 7 feet 11 inches (2.41 m). She was one of the tallest women ever. Her parents were of average height and were Scottish immigrants.
A draft horse (US) or draught horse (UK), also known as dray horse, carthorse, work horse or heavy horse, is a large horse bred to be a working animal hauling freight and doing heavy agricultural tasks such as plowing. There are a number of breeds, with varying characteristics, but all share common traits of strength, patience, and a docile temperament.
Mill Ends Park is an extremely small urban park, consisting of one tree, located in the median strip of SW Naito Parkway next to Tom McCall Waterfront Park along the Willamette River near SW Taylor Street in the downtown core of Portland, Oregon, United States. The park is a small circle 2 ft (0.61 m) across, with a total area of 452 sq in (0.292 m2). It is the smallest park in the world, according to the Guinness Book of Records, which first granted it this recognition in 1971, though this title may be soon given to a 2022 park in Talent, Oregon, which is 78 sq in (500 cm2) smaller.
Gul Mohammed of New Delhi, India, according to Guinness World Records, was the shortest adult human being of his time whose existence and height have been independently verified.
Sultan Kösen is a Turkish farmer who holds the Guinness World Record for tallest living male at 251 cm.
Black Beauty was formerly listed in the Guinness World Records as the smallest living horse, a record she held from 2001 to 2006 until the record was taken by Thumbelina.
He Pingping was a Chinese man who, according to the Guinness World Records, was the world's shortest mobile man from 2007 until his death in March 2010.
Jyoti Kishanji Amge is an Indian actress notable for being the world's shortest living woman according to the Guinness World Records.
Svetlana Pankratova is a Russian woman formerly recognized, according to Guinness World Records, as having the longest legs of any woman in the world.
Barbie: Thumbelina is a 2009 animated fantasy film directed by Conrad Helten. It was released on March 17, 2009, and it made its television premiere on Nick Jr. UK on December 24, 2012. The fifteenth film in the Barbie film series, it is a modern retelling of Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale Thumbelina. The film centers around Thumbelina, a "twillerbee" who befriends a human girl, and both must cooperate their strength in order to save the environment. This was the last Barbie movie to be distributed by Entertainment Rights outside North America before their closure and Mattel signing a new deal with Universal Pictures outside North America.
Lena Goeßling is a German former footballer. She played as a midfielder.
Bridgette Marie Jordan was the smallest living woman according to Guinness World Records at 2 ft 3in (69 cm). She was also one of the shortest living siblings according to Guinness World Records; her younger brother Brad was 38 inches tall at 20 years old. The siblings were born with a rare genetic condition called Microcephalic osteodysplastic primordial dwarfism type II.
Miracle Milly is the world's smallest dog by height, according to the Guinness Book of World Records.
KneeHi is the shortest living donkey as certified by the Guinness World Records, at 24.29 inches tall measured to the top of the withers. KneeHi is a registered miniature Mediterranean donkey and lives at Best Friends Farm in Gainesville, Florida. He is owned by Jim and Frankie Lee.
Big Jake was a red flaxen Belgian gelding horse noted for his extreme height. He stood at 20.2 3⁄4 hands tall and weighed 2,600 pounds (1,200 kg).
Vladimir Aniskin is a Russian miniature sculptor and Senior Researcher at the ITAM SB RAS, Guinness World Record Holder.
