Indian wild ass
| Indian wild ass | |
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| Indian wild ass in the Little Rann of Kutch, Gujarat | |
CITES Appendix I
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Perissodactyla |
| Family: | Equidae |
| Genus: | Equus |
| Species: | |
| Subspecies: | E. h. khur
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| Trinomial name | |
| Equus hemionus khur Lesson, 1827
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| Map of Gujarat showing the Little Rann of Kutch and Great Rann of Kutch. | |
| Synonyms | |
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Equus hemionus indicus | |
The Indian wild ass (Equus hemionus khur), also called the Indian wild donkey, Indian onager or, in the local Gujarati language, Ghudkhur and Khur, is a subspecies of the onager native to South Asia.
It is currently listed as Vulnerable by the IUCN. In the wild the species is found only in the Indian state of Gujarat, where it is protected under the Indian Wild Ass Sanctuary. In 2024, there were 7,672 wild asses up from 720 in 1976.