Nubian wild ass

Nubian wild ass
	Nubian wild ass at Berlin Zoo, 1899.
Conservation status
	; Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Perissodactyla
Family:	Equidae
Genus:	Equus
Species:	E. africanus
Subspecies:	E. a. africanus
Trinomial name
	Equus africanus africanus; (von Heuglin & Fitzinger, 1866)
Synonyms
	Equus africanus dianae ; (Dollman, 1935); Equus asinus africanus ; (Grubb, 2005);

The Nubian wild ass (Equus africanus africanus) is the nominate subspecies of African wild ass, and one of the ancestors of the domestic donkey, which was domesticated about 6,000 years ago. It is presumed to be extinct, though two populations potentially survive on the Caribbean island of Bonaire and in Gebel Elba.

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