| Atlas wild ass | |
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| Atlas wild asses in a Roman mosaic of El Jem, shown attacked by a tiger | |
Extinct (ca. 300 AD)
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Perissodactyla |
| Family: | Equidae |
| Genus: | Equus |
| Species: | |
| Subspecies: | †E. a. atlanticus
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| Trinomial name | |
| †Equus africanus atlanticus P. Thomas, 1884
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The Atlas wild ass (Equus africanus atlanticus), also known as Algerian wild ass, is a purported extinct subspecies of the African wild ass that was once found across North Africa and parts of the Sahara.[1]
It was last represented in a villa mural ca. 300 AD in Bona, Algeria, and may have become extinct as a result of Roman sport hunting.[2]
- ^ Kingdon, Jonathan (1997) The Kingdon field guide to African mammals. Helm, London
- ^ Van Bemmel, A.C.V. (1972). "Some remarks on the African wild ass" (PDF). Zoologische Mededelingen. 47 (21): 261–271.