The objective of this work was to evaluate the effects of sex, sub-region, age at registration and year of registration, on 15 linear measures (withers height, back height, croup height, midback height, head length, neck length, back-loins length, croup length, shoulder bone length, body length, head width, chest width, hip width, thorax perimeter and shin bone perimeter) of the Pantaneiro horse. Data from 1214 animals were used, registered in the Brazilian Pantaneiro Horse Association, from 1972 to 1991, and analyzed using GLM, PRINCOMP and CORR procedures of SAS and grouping procedures of the GENES program. The sex, animal age at registration, sub-region and year of registration were significant sources of variation for most of the characteristics studied. The animals of the Corumba region were in general larger than the animals from the other regions. Morphological measures should be taken on the animals from 4 years of age. Correlations between hip height, back height and shoulder height were high and positive, but between other measures were medium to low. Using the grouping method there are several grouping of animals by type which need to be further investigated.
age; year; horse; Pantanal; sub-region
