🐎African wild ass
Der Afrikanische Esel (Equus asinus, teilweise auch Equus africanus), zur Unterscheidung vom Asiatischen Esel oder Halbesel auch Echter Esel genannt, ist ein Wildesel aus der Gattung der Pferde (Equus) innerhalb der Familie der Pferde (Equidae); er ist die Stammform des Hausesels (Equus asinus asinus). Die Pferdeart kommt heute nur noch in wenigen Gebieten im Nordosten Afrikas vor und ist in freier Wildbahn hochgradig gefährdet. Dort bewohnt sie wüstenartige und gebirgige Landschaften und ernährt sich von harten und weichen Pflanzen. Seit dem Aussterben des Syrischen Halbesels stellt der Afrikanische Esel die kleinste rezente Art der Gattung Pferde dar.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2015.
- Body mass
- 171 kg
- Body length
- 2 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 50 years
Everything we know about the African wild ass
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass171 kgCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Body length2 mCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Brain mass429 gCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan50 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Generation length10 yearsestimatedCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Age at maturity2.0 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation362 daysCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Litter size1COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Trophic levelHerbivoreCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleCrepuscular / mixedCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Home range140 km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Population density3.06 per km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l171 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
estimated = a model's estimate for a species nobody has measured; average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for African wild ass yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderPerissodactyla
- ›familyEquidae
- ›genusEquus
- ›speciesEquus africanus
- classMammals · Mammalia
- orderOdd-toed hoofed animals · Perissodactyla
- subgenusAsinus
- speciesEquus asinus
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderLaurasiatheria
- orderOdd-toed hoofed animals · Perissodactyla
- familyEquidae
- genusEquus
- subgenusAsinus
- speciesEquus asinus
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