Animal powered transport Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description

(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') sleds or wheeled carts (See: Draught animal).

Animals domesticated for transport include:

• In the air:
  • pigeon

• On land:
  • buffalo (as distinct from bison)
  • camel
  • dog
    • sled dog
  • donkey
  • elephant
  • horse
    • pack horse
    • draught-horse
  • llama
  • mule
  • ox
    • bullock
  • reindeer
  • sumpter
  • water buffalo
  • yak

• On water:
  • Not common outside mythology, but note the use of dolphins to carry markers to attach to detected miness.

Animal-powered vehicles include:

• barge
• brancard
• carriage
• cart
• charabanc
• chariot
• coach
• dogcart
• dray
• gig
• litter (when not carried by humans)
• pantechnicon
• sled
• sleigh
• stagecoach
• sulky
• tram
• trap
• travois
• wagon
• wain

See also:

• harness
• human-powered transport
• saddle
• howdah
• yoke

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