New Era Mesohippus Colors, Patterns, and Mutations
Coat Colors
All natural horse colors are equally common in NEMs. Fawn and Dusk, the current NEM-exclusive coat colors are slightly more uncommon.
Patterns
Common
-Solid
- Pinto (Tobiano, Overo, Splash White, Sabino)
-Rabicano
-Appaloosa
- Classic
- Fallow Spots
Uncommon
-Reverse Splash
-Quagga
-Thylacine
Rare
-Painted
-Pintaloosa
- Merle
Very Rare
- Clouded Leopard
Explanation of NEM-Unique Colors and Patterns
Fawn- FnFn- Uncommon- Soft tawny coat coloring with coat, mane, and tail all a similar shade of fawn.
Dusk- DuDu- Uncommon- A coat color gene that adds a soft blue edge (if the base is black) or a soft lilac edge (if the base is chestnut) to the coat and mane/tail.
Classic- MhMh- Common- Series of dashes and dots along back, smaller and thinner than Fallow Spots. Link to example. Cannot be seen with Appaloosa.
Inspired by typical artist renderings of Mesohippus.
Quagga- QgQg-Uncommon- Striping across the face, neck, rump, and legs. Minimal expression is faint or little striping on face, neck, and/or legs. Maximum is striping across almost full body, past the withers. In order to be show maximum, must be homozygous.
Inspired by Quagga pelts.
Thylacine- TyTy- Uncommon- Large thick darker stripes across back and sometimes neck, with slight lightening in between the stripes along the back, sort of like reverse-pangare. Commonly linked to duns and sooties, though can be expressed without.
Inspired by Thylacine pelts.
Reverse Splash White- RwRw- Uncommon- Splash-white like markings that start on the back down, sometimes with "dripping" edges.
Fallow Spots- FsFs- Common- Lighter roughly rectangular spots that are larger around mid-spine, then smaller towards the withers and haunches. Cannot be seen with Roans.
Inspired by Fallow Deer.
Painted- AfAf- Rare- Large odd patches of two different colors, one dark, one light (most common black and white) over the base coat, with marbling around the barrel and hindquarters.
Inspired by African Wild Dog pelts.
Merle- MlMl- Rare- Large white patches and darker flecks across the bleached-out base coat. Can be isolated to small part of the coat, as in minimum, a majority of the coat, normal expression, or the entire coat, as in maximum expression.
Inspired by merle dog coats.
Clouded- ClCl- Very Rare- Large open spots with lighter rings around them. Minimal-Maximum, with minimal being a few spots to maximum being the vast majority of the coat. Must be ClCl to show on coat, otherwise the NEM is only a carrier for Clouded.
Inspired by Clouded Leopard pelts.
