Ass (Asiatic Wild)
Order: Perissodactyla
Family: Equidae
Species: Equus hemionus ...
Ass
Related Category: Vertebrate Zoology
hoofed, herbivorous mammal of the genus Equus, closely related to the horse. It is distinguished from the horse by its small size, large head, long ears, and small hooves.
Ass Animal of the same genus as the horse and the the zebra, widely known in its domesticated state as the donkey. True wild asses are still found in Africa and in Asia but some are thought to be nearly extinct.
Wild ass foals
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Indian wild asses mate on India's salt flats.
Ass
Asses, Equus, are in the horse family, Equidae, in the order Perissodactyla.
African Wild Ass (Equus asinus)
The African Wild Ass
The African Wild Ass (Equus asinus) is the direct ancestor of our domestic donkey and is the rarest mammal on the planet.
African wild ass
Taxonomy Equus asinus [Linnaeus, 1758]. Citation: Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1:73. Type locality: "Habitat in oriente" (= Middle East?).
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Somali Wild Ass
Range:
Northeastern Somalia and northern Ethiopia (in Africa)
Habitat:
Hilly and stony deserts; arid to semi-arid bushlands and grasslands
Conservation Status:
Critically endangered
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Somali Wild Ass (Equus asinus somalicus)
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The African wild ass was probably once widespread from the Moroccan Atlas across Saharan and possibly Sahelian Africa to the Sudanese and Somalian arid zones and possibly the Arabian Peninsula.
The African wild ass is the wild ancestor of the domestic ass, which is commonly known as donkey or burro. The ass has been domesticated for 6 000 years. The two can still interbreed and are considered to be the same species.
Wild Ass (African Wild Ass)
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African Wild Ass Equus africanus
Onager or Asiatic Ass, Equus hemionus
Kiang or Tibetan Wild Ass, Equus kiang
Plains Zebra, Equus quagga
Mountain Zebra, Equus zebra ...
The true wild ass is found only in northern Africa. They have been domesticated for centuries, and it is generally accepted that asses, or donkeys, were domesticated on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea.
African wild ass (Equus africanus)
The African wild ass is the ancestor of the domestic donkey, and has a similar stocky body shape. The short, smooth coat is a light grey to... More 6 Images 3 Videos ...
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Brooks, PM, 1978. Relationship between body condition and age, growth, reproduction and social status in impala, and its application for management. Sth. Afr. J. Wildl. Res. 8(4):151-157.
Child, G, 1964.
Rumours of this strange, ass-like animal reached Sir Johnston, which spurred him to make a journey into the Congo in 1899.
TOWNSEND informs me that it is called Ass-ass by the Chinooks, who regard it with a superstitious feeling, believing that should a person hear it enunciating certain notes, which resemble the syllables jaa-jaa, he will shortly die, ...
The names donkey, burro, and ass all refer to the same animal. The donkey is related to the horse. Donkeys are sure-footed beasts of burden with large ears, small feet, and are usually brownish-gray in color.
The Donkey is a domesticated version of the wild ass.
An article in Science (vol 304, p 1781) analysed donkey DNA and showed that there were 2 distinct populations of domestic donkey: one descended from the Nubian wild ass Equus asinus africanus and ...
I did not choose any species that is heavily domesticated - no camels, no wild ass or horse - nor did I include species whose population now consists almost entirely of re-introduced animals (e.g., White Rhinoceros, American Bison).
Donkeys were supposedly domesticated around 5000 years ago in the north east of Africa from the Somali wild ass.
Originally from Africa (where they were called the Wild Ass) these pack animals were prized for their hardiness in arid country.
Communication:
There voice is ass-like, bray.
Defensive/Aggressive behavior:
Running is its best means of escape. Biting and kicking may occur in extreme cases.
I came a-googling information on why the friggin' bird wouldn't shut up. Get a Sleep Mate sound machine. I've had one for over a year and it's fantastic, not just for birds, but snoring, loud ass neighbors, etc.
tail, a solid hoof on each foot, thickened skin (called chestnuts) on the inside of the front legs above the knee, and mobile lips and nostrils." Horses also possess great endurance and speed. The fastest equidae is the onager, an Asian wild ass that ...
Reportedly, this fight led John Edward Gray, a museum keeper, to dub the zebra Asinus (from the Latin for ass and fool) burchelli when he described it scientifically. Its genus name was later revised to Equus.
 See also: Wild Ass, Donkey, Zebra, Onager, Kiang
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