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- Parent taxon
- Equus africanus
- Country
- Somalia
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- Somali Wild Ass.JPG
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- subspecies
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- Equus africanus somaliensis
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- Equus africanus somaliensis
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Encyclopedic overview
Two Somali Wild Ass at Marwell Zoo The Somali wild ass (Equus africanus somaliensis) is a subspecies of the African wild ass.
The legs of the Somali wild ass are striped, resembling those of its relatives, the zebras. There are estimated to be 600 specimens living in the wild. They live in Somalia, Somaliland, the Southern Red Sea region of Eritrea, and the Afar Region of Ethiopia. In addition, an estimated 200 specimens live in captivity in zoos worldwide.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Somali wild ass” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.