🐎Kiang
The kiang is the largest species of the Asinus subgenus. It is native to the Tibetan Plateau in Ladakh India, northern Pakistan, China and northern Nepal. It inhabits montane grasslands and shrublands. Other common names for this species include Tibetan wild ass, khyang and gorkhar.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2015.
- Body mass
- 263 kg
- Body length
- 2.38 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 39 years
Everything we know about the Kiang
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass263 kgCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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Figures vary
- 275 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Body length2.38 mCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan39 yearsCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 30 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Generation length10 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Age at maturity3.0 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation304 daysCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 299 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Litter size1COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Trophic levelHerbivoreCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleCrepuscular / mixedCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Population density0.49 per km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l263 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Kiang yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderPerissodactyla
- ›familyEquidae
- ›genusEquus
- ›speciesEquus kiang
- classMammals · Mammalia
- orderOdd-toed hoofed animals · Perissodactyla
- familyEquidae
- genusEquus
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderLaurasiatheria
- orderOdd-toed hoofed animals · Perissodactyla
- familyEquidae
- genusEquus
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