Asian Wild Ass
Equus hemionus
- Class
- Mammal
- Rarity
- Rare
- Observations
- 397
- Most observed in
- 🇮🇱 Israel
- Conservation
- Near Threatened
Description
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.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Onager”.