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') sleds or wheeled vehicles (See: Draught animal).
Animals domesticated for transport include:
- In the air:
- On land:
- On water:
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
- tangah
- tram
- trap
- travois
- wagon
- wain
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