Syrian wild ass

Syrian wild ass
A Syrian wild ass in London Zoo, 1872

Extinct (1927)  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
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. hemippus
Trinomial name
†Equus hemionus hemippus
Synonyms

Equus hemionus syriacus
(Milne-Edwards, 1869)

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.

  1. ^ Moehlman, P.D.; Feh, C. (2015). "Equus hemionus ssp. hemippus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T7962A3144566. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T7962A3144566.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  2. ^ "hemippe". Merriam-Webster.com. Merriam-Webster. 2013. Retrieved 2013-02-06.
  3. ^ Bowling, Ann T.; Ruvinsky, Anatoly (2000-05-18). The Genetics of the Horse. CABI. ISBN 978-0-85199-925-8.
  4. ^ Gilbert, Allan S. (2002-01-01). "The Native Fauna of the Ancient Near East". In Collins, Billie Jean (ed.). A History of the Animal World in the Ancient Near East. Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 1 The Near and Middle East. Vol. 64. Brill. pp. 1–75. doi:10.1163/9789047400912_002. ISBN 9789047400912.
  5. ^ Porter, Valerie; Alderson, Lawrence; Hall, Stephen J.G.; Sponenberg, D. Phillip (2016). Mason's World Encyclopedia of Livestock Breeds and Breeding. CABI. p. 48. ISBN 9781845934668.