The Turkmenian kulan, also called Transcaspian wild ass, Turkmenistani onager or simply the kulan, is a subspecies of onager native to Central Asia. It was declared Endangered in 2016.
Turkmenian kulan
A Turkmenian kulan at Korkeasaari Zoo.
Skull of a giant extinct horse, Equus eisenmannae
A Turkmenian kulan at Grodno Zoo, Belarus.
The onager, 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 have been recognized, two of which are extinct.
Onager
A Turkmenian kulan
The skeleton
Skull of a giant extinct horse, Equus eisenmannae