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SpeciesPerissodactylaEquidae
Mammals

🐎African wild ass

Equus africanus Heuglin & Fitzinger, 1866

Afrikansk vildåsna (Equus africanus) är ett uddatåigt hovdjur och stamformen till tamåsnan. Den förekommer i nordöstra Afrika, Somalia och Etiopien där den lever i väldigt ogästvänliga bergstrakter.

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Also called
Equus africanus, Ass, African Ass, Atlas Wild Ass, Nubian Wild Ass, Somali Wild Ass
Conservation status
CRCritically endangered

IUCN Red List assessment, 2015.

Population trendDecreasing
Key measurements
Body mass
171 kg
Body length
2 m
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
50 years
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Everything we know about the African wild ass

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Body mass
171 kg
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Body length
2 m
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Brain mass
429 g
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Maximum lifespan
50 years
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Generation length
10 yearsestimated
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Age at maturity
2.0 years
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Gestation
362 days
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Litter size
1
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Trophic level
Herbivore
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Activity cycle
Crepuscular / mixed
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Home range
140 km²
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Population density
3.06 per km²
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Volume l
171 Laverage
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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.

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Closest relative on this site
🐎 Grevy's zebra — last shared an ancestor ≈ 4.2 million years ago.
What it eats
leaves, roots and other plants100%
In other languages
Afrikanischer Esel (de), Equus africanus (es), Âne sauvage d'Afrique (fr), Equus africanus (it), Asno-selvagem-africano (pt), Osioł nubijski (pl) … and 27 more languages
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