Somali Wild Ass

Taxobox
name = Somali Wild Ass
status = CR
status_system = iucn2.3


image_caption = Somali Wild Ass in St. Louis Zoo
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Perissodactyla
familia = Equidae
genus = "Equus"
species = "E. africanus"
subspecies = "E. a. somalicus"
trinomial = "Equus africanus somalicus"
trinomial_authority = (Noack, 1884)The Somali Wild Ass ("Equus africanus somalicus") is a subspecies of the African Wild Ass. It was found in the Southern Red Sea region of Eritrea, the Afar Region of Ethiopia, and Somalia. The legs of the Somali wild Ass are horizontally striped with black, resembling those of a zebra.

References

* Moehlman, P.D. (ed). 2002. Equids: Zebras, Asses, and Horses: Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan. IUCN/SCC Equid Specialist Group, IUCN (The World Conservation Union), Gland Switzerland and Cambridge.

External links

* [http://www.stlzoo.org/animals/abouttheanimals/mammals/hoofedmammals/somaliwildass.htm Somali Wild Ass at the St. Louis Zoo ]