Persian onager

Persian onager
Persian onager at Augsburg Zoo, Germany
CITES Appendix II (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Perissodactyla
Family: Equidae
Genus: Equus
Species:
Subspecies:
E. h. onager
Trinomial name
Equus hemionus onager
(Boddaert, 1785)

The Persian onager (Equus hemionus onager), also called the Persian wild ass or Persian zebra, is a subspecies[3] of onager (Asiatic wild ass) native to Iran. It is listed as Endangered,[1] with no more than 600 individuals left in the wild.

  1. ^ a b Hemami, M.; Kaczensky, P.; Lkhagvasuren, B.; Pereladova, O.; Bouskila, A. (2015). "Equus hemionus ssp. onager". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T7966A3144941. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T7966A3144941.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  3. ^ "Asiatic Wild Ass   Equus hemionus". IUCN.org. Gland, Switzerland: IUCN/SSC Equid Specialist Group. Archived from the original on 2012-12-20.