Kiang
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Ass - 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.
Kiang, Tibetan wild ass
Taxonomy Equus kiang [Moorcroft, 1841]. Citation: Travels in the Himalayan Provinces, 1:312. Type locality: India, Kashmir, Ladak.
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Kiang (Equus kiang)
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Kiangs, kulans, and onagers live in herds that can number from five to several hundred individuals. The larger herds are made up of mares with their young and immature males and females. These herds are led by an older mare.
The kiang (E. kiang), a Tibetan relative, was previously considered to be a subspecies of the onager as E. hemionus kiang, but recent molecular studies indicate that it is a distinct species.
Sinkiang to Heilunkiang and winters s. of 40°N s. to Kwangsi, se. Tibet, Szechwan, s. Tsinghai, se. Kansu and Kwangtung), Taiwan, Borneo, n. Japan (Hokkaido), Sakhalin Is., Kuril Is.
Family: Equidae (wild and domestic horses, donkeys, kiang, onager, zebras, extinct quagga)
Genus: Equus
Species: Equus asinus - domestic donkey (or burro, or ass)
Species: Equus africanus - African Wild Ass ...
It can also be found in Szechwan, Sekkem and Sinkiang. It is a greyish sandy-brown bird and the worst flyer in the whole family, seldom flying more than 50-100 m (150-325 ft). Like the Ground Jays it is primarily insectivorous.
Subgenus Asinus: African Wild Ass (E. africanus) Â- Donkey (E. asinus) Â- Onager (E. hemionus) Â- Kiang (E. kiang)
Subgenus Dolichohippus: Grévy's Zebra (E. grevyi)
Subgenus Hippotigris: Plains Zebra (E. quagga) Â- Mountain Zebra (E. zebra) ...
the ‘Kiang’ in India and Nepal
the ‘Somali’ wild ass in Africa
the ‘Onager’ in Mongolia, Turkestan, Iran and Syria.
Most wild donkeys stand between 102cm (10 hands) and 142 cm (14 hands).
Some of them are the African Wild Ass (Equus africanus) and its subspecies Somalian Wild Ass (Equus africanus somaliensis). The Onager, Equus hemionus, and its relative the Kiang, Equus kiang, are closely related wild species.
sinensis in the Yang-tse-kiang. In Central and South America alligators are represented by five species of the genus Caiman, which differs from Alligator by the absence of a bony septum between the nostrils, ...
Its confirmed westernmost range seems to be the Namlung Valley in Mugu District and the Lake Rara region of northwestern Nepal. The southern limit is the Liakiang Range of western Yunnan, ...
 See also: Wild Ass, Ass, Zebra, Onager, Rhino
  
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