πAfrican wild ass
The African wild ass or African wild donkey, is a wild member of the horse family, Equidae. This species is thought to be the ancestor of the domestic donkey, which is sometimes placed within the same species. They live in the deserts and other arid areas of the Horn of Africa, in Eritrea, Ethiopia and Somalia. It formerly had a wider range north and west into Sudan, Egypt, and Libya. It is critically endangered, with about 570 existing in the wild.
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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 βHide β
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Body length2 mCOMBINEDetails βHide β
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Brain mass429 gCOMBINEDetails βHide β
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Maximum lifespan50 yearsCOMBINEDetails βHide β
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Generation length10 yearsestimatedCOMBINEDetails βHide β
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Age at maturity2.0 yearsCOMBINEDetails βHide β
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Gestation362 daysCOMBINEDetails βHide β
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Litter size1COMBINEDetails βHide β
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Trophic levelHerbivoreCOMBINEDetails βHide β
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Activity cycleCrepuscular / mixedCOMBINEDetails βHide β
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Home range140 kmΒ²COMBINEDetails βHide β
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Population density3.06 per kmΒ²COMBINEDetails βHide β
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Volume l171 LaverageDetails βHide β
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
- βΊphylumChordata
- βΊclassMammalia
- βΊorderPerissodactyla
- βΊfamilyEquidae
- βΊgenusEquus
- βΊspeciesEquus africanus
- classMammals Β· Mammalia
- orderOdd-toed hoofed animals Β· Perissodactyla
- subgenusAsinus
- speciesEquus asinus
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals Β· Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderLaurasiatheria
- orderOdd-toed hoofed animals Β· Perissodactyla
- familyEquidae
- genusEquus
- subgenusAsinus
- speciesEquus asinus
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