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Mongolian wild ass

American  
[mong-goh-lee-uhn wahyld as, mon‐] / mɒŋˈgoʊ li ən ˈwaɪld ˈæs, mɒn‐ /

noun

  1. 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.

Etymology

Origin of Mongolian wild ass

First recorded in 1840–45

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