Persian onager
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The Persian onager (Equus hemionus onager), also called the Persian wild ass or Persian zebra, is a subspecies[3] of onager (Asiatic wild ass) native to Iran (Persia). It is listed as Endangered,[1] with no more than 600 individuals left in the wild and only 30 individuals living within North American institutions.[citation needed]
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Persian onager | |
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Persian onager at Augsburg Zoo, Germany | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Perissodactyla |
Family: | Equidae |
Genus: | Equus |
Species: | |
Subspecies: | E. h. onager |
Trinomial name | |
Equus hemionus onager (Boddaert, 1785) |
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