Mongolian wild ass

[ mong-goh-lee-uhn wahyld-as, mon‐ ]

noun

a wild ass, Equus hemionus hemionus, a subspecies of the onager, found in southern Mongolia and northern China: having had its populations in Kazakhstan and Siberia exterminated by unchecked hunting, the Mongolian wild ass is now classified as near threatened.

Origin of Mongolian wild ass

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First recorded in 1840–45

Also called chigetai, dziggetai, khulan .

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