Atlas wild ass

Atlas wild ass
Atlas wild asses in a Roman mosaic of El Jem, shown attacked by a tiger
Extinct (ca. 300 AD)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Perissodactyla
Family: Equidae
Genus: Equus
Species:
Subspecies:
E. a. atlanticus
Trinomial name
Equus africanus atlanticus
P. Thomas, 1884

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]

  1. ^ Kingdon, Jonathan (1997) The Kingdon field guide to African mammals. Helm, London
  2. ^ Van Bemmel, A.C.V. (1972). "Some remarks on the African wild ass" (PDF). Zoologische Mededelingen. 47 (21): 261–271.