Syrian Wild Ass

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Syrian Wild Ass
Syrian Wild Ass in London Zoo, 1872.
Conservation status
Extinct  (1928)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Perissodactyla Family: Equidae Genus: Equus Subgenus: Asinus Species: E. hemionus Subspecies: E. h. hemippus
Trinomial name
Equus hemionus hemippus Geoffroy, 1855

The Syrian Wild Ass (Equus hemionus hemippus) was a wild ass found in the mountains and desert/steppe of Syria. The last one died at Schönbrunn Zoo, 1928.

[edit] See also

• Equidae
• Onager

[edit] References

• Syrian Wild Ass (Asinus hemionus hemionus)[1]

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