Syrian wild ass
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The Syrian wild ass, less commonly known as a hemippe, an achdari, or a Mesopotamian or Syrian onager, is an extinct subspecies of onager native to the Arabian Peninsula and surrounding areas. It rang
Syrian Wild Ass London Zoo
Galloping specimen in Tiergarten Schönbrunn, 1915
Assyrians wrangling a wild ass, seventh century BCE
Illustration from 1869
Persian onager
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The Persian onager, also called the Persian wild ass or Persian zebra, is a subspecies of onager native to Iran. It is listed as Critically Endangered, with no more than 600 individuals left in the wi
Syrian wild ass
…in Jordan, and the last captive specimen died the same year at the Tiergarten Schönbrunn in Vienna. After the extinction of the Syrian wild ass, the Persian onager from Iran was chosen as an appropriate subspecies to repopulate the Middle East as a replacement for the extinct E. h. hemippus onagers. The Persian…
Onager Asiatischer Wildesel Equus hemionus onager Zoo Augsburg 10
A drawing of a Persian onager
A Persian onager in the Yotvata Hai-Bar Nature Reserve, Israel
Introduced onagers in the Negev Mountains, Israel