Syrian wild ass
Extinct subspecies of onager / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Syrian wild ass (Equus hemionus hemippus), less commonly known as a hemippe,[2] an achdari,[3][4] or a Mesopotamian or Syrian onager,[5] is an extinct subspecies of onager native to the Arabian peninsula and surrounding areas. It ranged across present-day Iraq, Palestine, Israel, Iran, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Syria, and Turkey.
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Syrian wild ass | |
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A Syrian wild ass in London Zoo, 1872 | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Perissodactyla |
Family: | Equidae |
Genus: | Equus |
Species: | |
Subspecies: | †E. h. hemippus |
Trinomial name | |
†Equus hemionus hemippus I. Geoffroy, 1855 | |
Synonyms | |
Equus hemionus syriacus |
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