Authority citation: Heuglin, T. von and Fitzinger, L.J.F.J. 1866. Systematische Übersicht der Säugethiere Nordost-Afrika's mit Einschluß der arabischen Küste, des rothen Meeres, der Somáli- und der Nilquellen-Länder, südwärts bis zum vierten Grade nördlicher Breite. Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften (mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Klasse)54:537-611.
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Original name as described: Asinus africanus
Nominal names: ferus (I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1855) [not intended as a scientific name] | africanus (Fitzinger, 1858) [nomen nudum] | africanus (von Heuglin & Fitzinger, 1866) [preoccupied] | atlanticus P. Thomas, 1884 | somaliensis (Noack, 1884) | somalicus P. L. Sclater, 1885 | nubianus C. V. A. Peel, 1900 | somalicus Peel, 1900 [preoccupied] | atlanticus Werth, 1930 [preoccupied] | dianae (Dollman, 1935) | aethiopicus Denman, 1957 [nomen nudum] | arabicus (Trumler, 1961) [nomen nudum] | hippagrus Schomber, 1963 [nomen nudum | preoccupied] | sahariensis Dupuy, 1966 [nomen nudum | infrasubspecific]
Other common names: Atlas Wild Ass|Nubian Wild Ass|Somali Wild Ass
Taxonomy
Subclass: Theria -- Infraclass: Placentalia -- Order: Perissodactyla -- Family: Equidae
Type specimen voucher catalogue number: SMNS 32026
Type locality: Nubia. Restricted to Ain Saba, Eritrea, by Schlawe in 1980.
Country distribution (coarse map shown below; most species exist in only part of countries): Egypt? | Sudan? | Eritrea (ERI) | Ethiopia (ETH) | Djibouti? | Somalia?
Species Status: This species is currently living, it lives in wild habitats, its taxonomic status is currently accepted, and it is listed in MSW3 2005.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species status: Critically endangered
Species-specific notes: wild form of E. asinus
Citation: Gentry, A., Clutton-Brock, J., & Groves, C. P. (2004). The naming of wild animal species and their domestic derivatives. Journal of Archaeological Science, 31(5), 645-651.
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