Equus onager

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Overview

Extinct

Interesting Facts

Common Names

Taxonomy

Synonyms

Equus hemionus hemippus I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire • Equus hemionus khurr Lesson

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 22-Apr-2004

Similar Species

Members of the genus Equus

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 37 species and subspecies in this genus:

E. africanus (African Wild Ass) · E. africanus africanus (Nubian Wild Ass) · E. africanus somaliensis (Somalia Wild Ass) · E. asinus (African Ass) · E. asinus asinus (African Wild Ass) · E. burchellii (Burchell's Zebra) · E. burchellii burchellii (Burchell's Zebra) · E. burchelli antiquorum (Demara Zebra) · E. burchelli boehmi (Grant's Zebra) · E. burchelli burchelli (Burchell's Zebra) · E. burchelli chapmani (Chapman's Zebra) · E. burchelli crawshayi (Crawshay's Zebra) · E. burchelli zambeziensis (Upper Zambezi Zebra) · E. caballus (Equine) · E. caballus caballus (Equine) · E. caballus przewalskii (Horse) · E. equus caballus (Equine) · E. ferus (Przewalski's Horse) · E. ferus przewalskii (Przewalski's Horse) · E. grevyi (Grevy's Zebra) · E. hemionus (Asiatic Wild Ass) · E. hemionus hemionus (Dziggetai) · E. hemionus khur (Indian Wild Ass) · E. hemionus kulan (Kulan) · E. hemionus luteus (Dziggetai) · E. hemionus onager (Onager) · E. kiang (Tibetan Wild Ass) · E. kiang holdereri (Eastern Kiang) · E. kiang kiang (Western Kiang) · E. kiang polyodon (Southern Kiang) · E. onager (Asiatic Wild Ass) · E. quagga (Plains Zebra) · E. quagga boehmi (Grant's Zebra) · E. quagga quagga (Quagga) · E. zebra (Hartmann's Mountain Zebra) · E. zebra hartmannae (Hartmann's Mountain Zebra) · E. zebra zebra (Cape Mountain Zebra)

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Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed March 21, 2012.

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 105968
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-624995
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13803611
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 624995
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 149847

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