Syrian wild ass
The Syrian wild ass (Equus hemionus hemippus), less commonly known as a hemippe, an achdari, or a Mesopotamian or Syrian onager, is an extinct subspecies of onager native to the Arabian peninsula and surrounding areas. It ranged across present-day Iraq, Palestine, Israel, Iran, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Syria, and Turkey.
| Syrian wild ass | |
|---|---|
| A Syrian wild ass in London Zoo, 1872 | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Perissodactyla |
| Family: | Equidae |
| Genus: | Equus |
| Species: | |
| Subspecies: | †E. h. hemippus |
| Trinomial name | |
| †Equus hemionus hemippus I. Geoffroy, 1855 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Equus hemionus syriacus | |
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