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Equus africanus Heuglin & Fitzinger, 1866

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
<i>Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe</i>, <b>54</b>: 588
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[Copyright] Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC
[Copyright] Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC
[Copyright] Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC
[Copyright] Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC
[Copyright] Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC
[Copyright] Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC
[Copyright] Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC
[Copyright] Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Mammalia
order
Perissodactyla
family
Equidae
genus
Equus
species
Equus africanus

Name

Homonyms
Equus africanus Heuglin & Fitzinger, 1866
Common names
African Wild Ass in English
African wild ass in English
African wild ass in English
African wild ass in English
Afrikanischer Wildesel in English
Ane sauvage in English
Asno in English
Ass in English
Ass in English
Atlas Wild Ass (atlanticus) in English
Nubian Wild Ass (africanus) in English
Somali Wild Ass (somalicus) in English
Wild Ass in English
Wild Ass in English
African Wild Ass in English
Adghi Bareka in language.
African Ass in English
Ane sauvage d'Afrique in French
Asno Salvaje de Africa in Spanish
Ass in English
Gumburi in Somali
Âne Sauvage D'Afrique in French

Bibliographic References

  1. Grinder, Martha I., Paul R. Krausman, and Robert S. Hoffmann, 2006: Equus asinus. Mammalian Species, no. 794. 1-9.
  2. Groves, Colin, and Peter Grubb, 2011: null. Ungulate Taxonomy. ix + 317.
  3. International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, 2003: OPINION 2027 (Case 3010): Usage of 17 specific names based on wild species which are pre-dated by or contemporary with those based on domestic animals (Lepidoptera, Osteichthyes, Mammalia): conserved. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 60, part 1. 81-84.
  4. U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 1974: Taking, Possession, Transportation, Sale, Purchase, Barter, Exportation, and Importation of Wildlife. Federal Register, vol. 39, no. 3. 1158-1185.
  5. U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 2012: Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Technical Correction for African Wild Ass. Federal Register, vol. 77, no. 108. 33100-33103.
  6. Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 2005: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2. 2000.
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