🐎African wild ass
아프리카야생당나귀(Equus africanus)는 종종 가축 당나귀의 조상으로 여겨지는 종으로, 아프리카 원산이다. 서식지는 현재 에리트레아, 에티오피아, 소말리아의 사막과 황무지지만, 과거에는 수단, 이집트, 리비아등 북아프리카 널리 서식하였다. 4개의 아종이 있으며, 1종은 절멸하였고 다른 1종은 가축화되었다. 야생에 570마리 가량이 남아있으며, 지역에 따라 차이는 있지만 전체적으로 감소하고 있다. 천적으로는 하이에나, 치타, 표범 등이 있다.
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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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