English: Onagers (Equus hemionus) at Wadi Lotz, Negev Mountains, Israel, February 21, 2014.
עברית: פראים בנחל לוץ, הר הנגב, 21 בפברואר 2014.
Date 21 February 2014, 10:18:30
Author Gideon Pisanty (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Gidip) גדעון פיזנטי
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Onagers_Negev_Mountains_1a.jpg

The onager (Equus hemionus), also known as hemione or Asiatic wild ass, is a species of the family Equidae (horse family) native to Asia. A member of the subgenus Asinus, the onager was described and given its binomial name by German zoologist Peter Simon Pallas in 1775. Five subspecies have been recognized, one of which is extinct. The onager formerly had a wider range from southwest and central to northern Asian countries, such as Israel, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan, Russia, and Siberia. During early 20th century, the species lost most of its ranges in the Middle East and Eastern Asia. Today, onagers live in deserts and other arid regions of Iran, Pakistan, India, and Mongolia, including in Central Asian hot and cold deserts of Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and China.
Order: Perissodactyla
Family: Equidae
Genus: Equus
Subgenus: Asinus
Species: Equus hemionus Pallas, 1775
Subspecies:
Equus hemionus hemionus (Pallas, 1775) -- Mongolian wild ass
Equus hemionus kulan (Groves and Mazák, 1967) -- Turkmenian kulan
Equus hemionus onager (Boddaert, 1785) -- Persian onager
Equus hemionus khur (Lesson, 1827) -- Indian wild ass
Equus hemionus hemippus (Geoffroy, 1855) -- Syrian wild ass (extinct)
Synonyms: Equus onager Boddaert, 1785