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The '''Nubian wild ass''' (''Equus africanus africanus'') is a [[subspecies]] of the [[African wild ass]], and probably the ancestor of domestic donkeys,.<ref>{{cite web |last=Wynne Parry |first=Wynne |date=July 29, 2010 |title=Donkey's Wild Ass Ancestor Confirmed |url=http://www.livescience.com/6794-donkey-wild-ass-ancestor-confirmed.html |accessdate=15 November 2014}}</ref> The ass was domesticated about 6,000 years ago, probably in Egypt or Mesopotamia.{{citation needed|date=January 2013}}
The '''Nubian wild ass''' (''Equus africanus africanus'') is a [[subspecies]] of the [[African wild ass]], and probably the ancestor of domestic donkeys,.<ref>{{cite web |last=Wynne Parry |first=Wynne |date=July 29, 2010 |title=Donkey's Wild Ass Ancestor Confirmed |url=http://www.livescience.com/6794-donkey-wild-ass-ancestor-confirmed.html |accessdate=15 November 2014}}</ref>

The Nubian wild ass is most likely extinct in the wild since the 1950s.{{citation needed|date=December 2010}}






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Nubian wild ass

Critically endangered, possibly extinct in the wild  (IUCN 2.3)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Perissodactyla
Family:
Equidae
Genus:
Equus
Species:
E. africanus
Subspecies:
E. a. africanus
Trinomial name
Equus africanus africanus

The Nubian wild ass (Equus africanus africanus) is a subspecies of the African wild ass, and probably the ancestor of domestic donkeys,.[3]


References

  1. ^ Template:IUCN2006
  2. ^ Template:De icon Heuglin Th. v & Fitzinger L. J. (1866). "Systematische Übersicht der Säugethiere Nordost-Afrika’s mit Einschluß der arabischen Küste, des rothen Meeres, der Somáli- und der Nilquellen-Länder, südwärts bis zum vierten Grade nördlicher Breite. Von Dr Theodor v. Heuglin. Nach brieflichen Mittheilungen und den Original-Exemplaren des Herrn Verfassers ergänzt und mit Zusätzen versehen von dem w. M. Dr Leopold Joseph Fitzinger". Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Abt. 1. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse 54: 537-611.
  3. ^ Wynne Parry, Wynne (July 29, 2010). "Donkey's Wild Ass Ancestor Confirmed". Retrieved 15 November 2014.


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