Atlas Wild Ass

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Equus asinus atlanticus
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Perissodactyla
Family: Equidae
Genus: Equus
Species: E. africanus
Subspecies: E. a. atlanticus

The Atlas Wild Ass (Equus asinus atlanticus), also known as Algerian Wild Ass is an extinct animal. It was last shown in a villa mural in AD 300 in Bona, Algeria, and went extinct after Roman sport hunting. The Atlas Wild ass is believed to have been a herbivore.

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