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Asiatic Wild Ass

Equus hemionus

Classification

Family
Equidae

The onager (, ) (Equus hemionus), also known as hemione or Asiatic wild ass, is a species of the family Equidae native to Asia. A member of the subgenus Asinus, the onager was described and given its binomial name by German zoologist Peter Simon Pallas in 1775. Six subspecies are accepted.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Germany · 3