About 6,000 years ago, during the predynastic period of Egypt, the wild African ass (Equus africanus ... are mainly used in many countries as pack animals. You have probably heard about its ...

Scientifically known as Equus africanus somaliensis, a “small population” of the wild donkey has been spotted in the northern part of Ethiopia in the Yangudi Rassa National Park. Other groups ...

Scientifically known as Equus africanus somaliensis, a "small population" of the wild donkey has been spotted in the northern part of Ethiopia in the Yangudi Rassa National Park.

Arriving long before domesticated horses did, the stocky horse-like animals were highly valued ... kunga was the cross of a female donkey (Equus Africanus asinus) and a male Syrian wild ass ...

Archaeologists had suspected that these animals — depicted in art ... showed the kunga was a cross between a female donkey (Equus Africanus asinus) and a male Syrian wild ass (Equus hemionus ...

Meat animals came first ... One is clearly derived from the Nubian subspecies of wild ass, Equus asinus africanus. The second is close to the Somalian wild ass, Equus asinus somaliensis, but ...

After all, the animals are members of the Equidae family ... cross-shaped dorsal-and-withers stripe derives from the Nubian wild ass (Equus africanus africanus), which is considered extinct.

WASHINGTON (CN) - The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has changed the taxonomy of the African wild ass under the Endangered Species Act from Equus asinus to Equus africanus. The change reflects the ...

The Donkey Sanctuary, a British charity, worries that the donkey population is falling in some African countries, that the animals are mistreated and that the trade is fuelling a rise in donkey theft.