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    The Syrian wild ass (Equus hemionus hemippus), less commonly known as a hemippe, an achdari, or a Mesopotamian or Syrian onager, is an extinct subspecies...
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    Onager (redirect from Asiatic wild ass)
    Equus hemionus /ˈɛkwəs hɪˈmaɪənəs/), also known as hemione or Asiatic wild ass, is a species of the family Equidae native to Asia. A member of the subgenus...
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  • The wild asses (Asinus) are a subgenus of single toed grazing ungulates. Its species are: African wild ass Equus africanus Nubian wild ass Equus africanus...
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    Asinus (redirect from Wild Asses)
    gur, Equus hemionus onager Syrian wild ass or achdari, †Equus hemionus hemippus (extinct 1927) Kiang or Tibetan wild ass, Equus kiang Western kiang,...
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    The African wild ass (Equus africanus) or African wild donkey is a wild member of the horse family, Equidae. This species is thought to be the ancestor...
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    The Indian wild ass (Equus hemionus khur), also called the Indian onager or, in the local Gujarati language, Ghudkhur and Khur, is a subspecies of the...
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    Donkey (redirect from Ass (animal))
    animal in the Syrian and Mesopotamian kingdoms of the second half of the 3rd millennium BCE. A cross between a captive male Syrian wild ass and a female...
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    have been the offspring of a female domesticated donkey and a wild male Syrian wild ass (a subspecies of onager). They fell out of favor after the introduction...
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    Somali wild ass Equus hemionus Onager or Asiatic wild ass Equus hemionus hemionus Mongolian wild ass †Equus hemionus hemippus Syrian wild ass Equus hemionus...
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    onager Indian wild ass (khur), Equus hemionus khur Syrian wild ass or hemippe, Equus hemionus hemippus (extinct) Kiang or, Tibetan wild ass Przewalski's...
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    Kiang (redirect from Tibetan Wild Ass)
    names for this species include Tibetan wild ass, khyang and gorkhar. The kiang is the largest of the wild asses, with an average height at the withers...
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    subspecies of the black rhinoceros, the Syrian wild ass subspecies of the onager, and the tarpan subspecies of the wild horse have gone extinct in the last...
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    The wild horse (Equus ferus) is a species of the genus Equus, which includes as subspecies the modern domesticated horse (Equus ferus caballus) as well...
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    hemionus onager), also called the Persian wild ass or Persian zebra, is a subspecies of onager (Asiatic wild ass) native to Iran (Persia). It is listed as...
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  • Tibetan name Kunga (equid), a Bronze Age hybrid of the donkey and Syrian wild ass Kunga cake, an East African food made of midges or flies Lagos Kunga...
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    also called Transcaspian wild ass, Turkmenistani onager or simply the kulan, is a subspecies of onager (Asiatic wild ass) native to Central Asia. It...
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  • species include the northern bald ibis and Persian fallow deer. The Syrian wild ass is extinct, and the Saudi Arabian dorcas gazelle was declared extinct...
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    mountain zebra (E. zebra). Zebras share the genus Equus with horses and asses, the three groups being the only living members of the family Equidae. Zebra...
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  • examples of reciprocal hybrids. Kunga, a cross between a donkey and a Syrian wild ass. Zebroids Zeedonk or zonkey, a zebra/donkey cross. Zorse, a zebra/horse...
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    ISSN 0030-6053. Duncan, P. (ed.). 1992. Zebras, Asses, and Horses: an Action Plan for the Conservation of Wild Equids. Gland, Switzerland: IUCN/SSC Equid Specialist...
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    This action resembled the kicking action of the hooves of the wild ass, the Syrian wild ass, a subspecies of onager, which was native to the eastern part...
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    Wild Ass. It is derived from the Turkmenian kulan (E. h. kulan) and the Persian onager (E. h. onager). The original subspecies, the Syrian wild ass (E...
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  • Mesopotamians crossbred the domestic donkey with the now-extinct Syrian wild ass to produce a hybrid known as a Kunga. Horse-donkey hybrids (the mule...
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    subgenus E. (Asinus) (and hence occasionally referred to as North American ass) is closely related to E. ferus. Surprisingly, the third species, endemic...
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    2307/3503962. JSTOR 3503962. Rubenstein, D. I. (2001). "Horse, Zebras and Asses". In MacDonald, D. W. (ed.). The Encyclopedia of Mammals (2nd ed.). Oxford...
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    Ancient DNA identifies the Bronze Age kunga as a cross between the Syrian wild ass and the donkey. Equines have significant differences in size, though...
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    Mesopotamian shrub desert (category Ecoregions of Syria)
    Arabian sand gazelle (Gazella marica) are found in a few areas. The Syrian wild ass (Equus hemionus hemippus) once ranged across the ecoregion, but was...
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    Ecologically, this species is intermediate between the arid-living African wild ass and the water-dependent plains zebra.: 147  Lactating mares and non-territorial...
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  • The kunga was first bred in Ancient Syria and Mesopotamia by hybridizing captured now-extinct Syrian wild ass males with domestic donkey females between...
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    the Arabian Peninsula at which it is found. The lion, cheetah, and Syrian wild ass used to occur here, as evidenced by Islamic texts. For example, there...
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