Persian onager

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Persian onager
Conservation status
Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Perissodactyla
Family:	Equidae
Genus:	Equus
Species:	E. hemionus
Subspecies:	E. h. onager
Trinomial name
*Equus hemionus onager*

The Persian onager (Equus hemionus onager) is a subspecies^[1] of onager (Asiatic wild ass) native to Iran.

It is "critically endangered" and "extremely rare",^[1] with no more than 600 individuals left in the wild and only 30 individuals living within North American institutions.^{[citation needed]} Currently, poaching for meat and hide, competition with livestock, and drought are the greatest threats to this species. Sometimes the term "onager" is reserved specifically for this subspecies.^[1] Information on the basic biology of the subspecies and how it differs from others is lacking, which hampers conservation efforts.^[1]

Related subspecies

Mongolian wild ass (khulan), Equus hemionus hemionus
Turkmenian kulan, Equus hemionus kulan
Indian wild ass (khur), Equus hemionus khur
Syrian wild ass or hemippe, Equus hemionus hemippus (extinct)

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Asiatic Wild Ass Equus hemionus". IUCN.org. Gland, Switzerland: IUCN/SSC Equid Specialist Group.

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