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{{distinguish2|'''khulan''' or [[Mongolian wild ass]]}}
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#REDIRECT [[Turkmenian Kulan]]
| status =
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| image = Kulaani Korkeasaari.jpg
| image_caption = A Turkmenian kulan at [[Korkeasaari]] Zoo.
| name = Mongolian wild ass
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]]
| classis = [[Mammal]]ia
| ordo = [[Odd-toed ungulate|Perissodactyla]]
| familia = [[Equidae]]
| genus = ''[[Equus (genus)|Equus]]''
| species = ''[[Onager|E. hemionus]]''
| subspecies = '''''E. h. kulan'''''
| trinomial = ''Equus hemionus kulan''
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The '''Turkmenian kulan''' (''Equus hemionus kulan'', also called simply the '''''kulan''''') is a subspecies<ref name="SSC">{{cite web |url= http://data.iucn.org/themes/ssc/sgs/equid/ASWAss.html |title=Asiatic Wild Ass &nbsp; ''Equus hemionus'' work=IUCN.org |location=Gland, Switzerland |publisher=IUCN/SSC Equid Specialist Group}}</ref> of [[onager]] (Asian wild ass) native to [[Turkmenistan]]. It is [[Endangered species|endangered]]<ref name="SSC" />

==Related subspecies==
* [[Mongolian wild ass]] (''khulan''), ''Equus hemionus hemionus''
* [[Persian onager]] (''gur''), ''Equus hemionus onager''
* [[Indian wild ass]] (''khur''), ''Equus hemionus khur''
* [[Syrian wild ass]], ''Equus hemionus hemippus'' ([[Extinction|extinct]])

==References==
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{{Equus}}
[[Category:Equus]]
[[Category:Mammals of Asia]]
[[Category:Fauna of Turkmenistan]]


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Mongolian wild ass
A Turkmenian kulan at Korkeasaari Zoo.
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E. h. kulan
Trinomial name
Equus hemionus kulan

The Turkmenian kulan (Equus hemionus kulan, also called simply the kulan) is a subspecies[1] of onager (Asian wild ass) native to Turkmenistan. It is endangered[1]

Related subspecies

References

  1. ^ a b "Asiatic Wild Ass   Equus hemionus work=IUCN.org". Gland, Switzerland: IUCN/SSC Equid Specialist Group. {{cite web}}: Missing pipe in: |title= (help)