Animal-powered transport

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(Non-human) Animal-powered transport is a broad category of the human use of non-human animals (also known as beasts of burden) for the movement of people and goods. Humans may ride some of the larger of these animals directly, use them as pack animals for carrying goods, or harness them, singly or in teams, to pull (or 'haul') wheeled carts or sleds.

Animals domesticated for transport include:

• Camel
• Dog
• Donkey
• Elephant
• Horse
  • Pack horse
• Llama
• Mule
• Ox
• Reindeer
• Sumpter
• Yak

Animal-powered vehicles:

• Carriage
• Cart
• Chariot
• Sled
• Sleigh
• Stagecoach

See also:

• human-powered transport

References

• Adapted from the Wikipedia article, "Animal-powered_transport" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal-powered_transport, used under the GNU Free Documentation License