Equus africanus

(von Heuglin & Fitzinger, 1866)

African Wild Ass

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Perissodactyla
Suborder : Hippomorpha
Family : Equidae
Genus : Equus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

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.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6447099

Original name as described

Asinus africanus

Other common names

Atlas Wild Ass · Nubian Wild Ass · Somali Wild Ass

Type material

SMNS 32026

Type kind

lectotype

Type locality

Nubia. Restricted to Ain Saba, Eritrea, by Schlawe in 1980.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Egypt? · Sudan? · Eritrea · Ethiopia · Djibouti? · Somalia?

Taxonomy notes

wild form of E. asinus

Taxonomy notes 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.

IUCN Red List status

Critically Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006120

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Equus asinus somalicus

P. L. Sclater, 1885

Family

Equidae

Root name

somalicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1886.1.25.9, BMNH:Mamm:1886.2.17.1

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/2e30291d-1485-4d0e-ad0b-77d94ee57149 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/3c113fca-076f-4392-a4d1-2af5ce5a81f0

Authority page

540

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30826910

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9700)

Asinus asinus dianae

(Dollman, 1935)

Family

Equidae

Root name

dianae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1935.5.7.1, PCM S.II.54

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/c945c34d-23a2-4f3d-b632-bbdaec0d272b

Authority page

152

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London

Name usages

Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9700)

Asinus africanus

(von Heuglin & Fitzinger, 1866)

Family

Equidae

Root name

africanus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Type

SMNS 32026

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

588

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6447099

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Equus asinus atlanticus

P. Thomas, 1884

Family

Equidae

Root name

atlanticus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

45

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42341229

Authority publication

Mémoires de la Société Géologique de France

Equus asinus africanus

Lydekker, 1908

Family

Equidae

Root name

africanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

66

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18741286

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Lydekker (1908:66, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18741286) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39820)
  2. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9700)

Equus asinus somaliensis

Lydekker, 1908

Family

Equidae

Root name

somaliensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

66

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18741286

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Lydekker (1908:66, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18741286) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39820)
  2. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:665) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)

Equus africanus

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Equidae

Root name

africanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

114

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:114) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2011:140) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67176)
  3. Groves & Grubb (2011:13) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)
  4. Kingdon & Hoffman (2013:414) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27643)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #7949) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #7949) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006120) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/7949/45170994) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Equus africanus africanus

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2011

Family

Equidae

Root name

africanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

140

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Wilson & Mittermeier (2011:140) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67176)
  2. Groves & Grubb (2011:14) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)

Equus africanus somalicus

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2011

Family

Equidae

Root name

somalicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

140

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson & Mittermeier (2011:140) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67176)

Equus ?africanus somaliensis

Groves & Grubb, 2011

Family

Equidae

Root name

somaliensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

14

Authority publication

book

Name usages

Groves & Grubb (2011:14) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)

Asinus ferus

(I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1855)

Family

Equidae

Root name

ferus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

notintendedasascientific_name

Authority page

1221

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13835335

Authority publication

Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences

Asinus africanus

(Fitzinger, 1858)

Family

Equidae

Root name

africanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

434

Authority publication

Vienna

Name usages

Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9700)

Asinus taeniopus var. Somaliensis

(Noack, 1884)

Family

Equidae

Root name

somaliensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

101

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55294257

Authority publication

Zoologische Garten (Jena)

Name usages

Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9700)

Equus nubianus somalicus

Peel, 1900

Family

Equidae

Root name

somalicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Authority page

300

Authority publication

London

Equus asinus atlanticus

Werth, 1930

Family

Equidae

Root name

atlanticus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Authority page

349

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Equus asinus aethiopicus

Denman, 1957

Family

Equidae

Root name

aethiopicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

116

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9700)

Asinus africanus arabicus

(Trumler, 1961)

Family

Equidae

Root name

arabicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

116

Authority publication

Säugetierkundliche Mitteilungen

Equus asinus hippagrus

Schomber, 1963

Family

Equidae

Root name

hippagrus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum · preoccupied

Authority page

121

Authority publication

African Wildlife

Name usages

Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9700)

Equus asinus africanus sahariensis

Dupuy, 1966

Family

Equidae

Root name

sahariensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum · infrasubspecific

Authority page

44

Authority publication

Travaux de l'Institut de Recherches Sahariennes

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