Indian wild ass

"Khur" redirects here. For places in Iran, see Khur, Iran.

Indian wild ass
Individual from Odu-location = near Ahmedabad approximately 100km near moti malvan Khari in the Little Rann of Kutch
CITES Appendix I (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Perissodactyla
Family: Equidae
Genus: Equus
Species:
E. hemionus
Subspecies:
E. h. khur
Trinomial name
Equus hemionus khur
Lesson, 1827
Map of Gujarat showing the Little Rann of Kutch and Great Rann of Kutch.
Synonyms

Equus hemionus indicus
(Sclater, 1862)

The Indian wild ass (Equus hemionus khur), also called the Indian wild donkey, Indian onager or, in the local Gujarati language, Ghudkhur and Khur, is a subspecies of the onager native to South Asia.

It is currently listed as Near Threatened by IUCN.[3] The species in wild is found only in the Indian state of Gujarat, where it is protected under the Indian Wild Ass Sanctuary. In 2024, there were 7,672 wild ass up from 720 in 1976. [4][5][6]

  1. ^ Kaczensky, P.; Lkhagvasuren, B.; Pereladova, O.; Hemami, M.; Bouskila, A. (2016). "Equus hemionus ssp. khur". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T7963A3144616. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T7963A3144616.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  3. ^ "The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
  4. ^ Himanshu Kaushik (10 February 2015). "Wild ass population shoots up in Gujarat: Census". The Times of India. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
  5. ^ "2 wild asses among 43 animals found dead in Halvad". The Times of India. 26 April 2015. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
  6. ^ Himanshu Kaushik (Aug 6, 2020). "Wild ass population surges by 37% to 6,082 in Gujarat | Ahmedabad News". The Times of India. Retrieved 2021-09-20.