Mongolian wild ass (Equus hemionus hemionus) English: Onager in Wildlands, Emmen, September 2016
Nederlands: Onager in Wildlands, Emmen, september 2016
Date 15 December 2016
Author Astrid de Groen
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Onager_in_Wildlands.jpg
The Mongolian wild ass (Equus hemionus hemionus), also known as Mongolian khulan is the nominate subspecies of the onager. It is found in Mongolia and northern China, and was previously found in eastern Kazakhstan and southern Siberia before being extirpated there through hunting.
Order: Perissodactyla
Family: Equidae
Genus: Equus
Species: Equus hemionus
Subspecies: Equus hemionus hemionus Pallas, 1775
Synonyms:
Equus (Asinus) hemionus bedfordi Matschie 1911
Equus (Asinus) hemionus findschi Matschie 1911
Equus (Asinus) hemionus luteus Matschie 1911