and a male Syrian wild ass (Equus hemionus hemippus). The kunga is the first known instance of a human-engineered hybrid of two species, a production far beyond the traditional processes of the ...

and a male Syrian wild ass (Equus hemionus hemippus), reports Isaac Schultz for Gizmodo. The find is the earliest human-made hybrid documented in the archaeological record and suggests that ...

The Persian onager (Equus hemionus onager) is practically extinct in the wild. Once ranging from Israel to Mongolia, the animal now numbers only about 500, sequestered in two protected areas of Iran.

The data clearly excludes the Asian “half-asses,” Equus hemionus and Equus kiang, as possible ancestors of domesticated donkeys, says Steve Jordan of Bucknell University in Pennsylvania ...