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{{Short description|Species of mammal}} {{About|the Equid species|the siege weapon|Onager (weapon)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}} {{Speciesbox | name = Onager | fossil_range = {{fossilrange|4.5|0}}{{small|Early [[Pliocene]] – [[Holocene]]}} | image = Rostov-on-Don Zoo Persian onager IMG 5268 1725.jpg | image_upright = 1.2 | image_caption = A [[Persian onager]] (''Equus hemionus onager'') at Rostov-on-Don Zoo, [[Russia]] | status = NT | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name=iucn>{{cite iucn |title=''Equus hemionus'' |name-list-style=amp |author=Kaczensky, P. |author2=Lkhagvasuren, B. |author3=Pereladova, O. |author4=Hemami, M. |author5=Bouskila, A. |date=2020 |page=e.T7951A166520460 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T7951A166520460.en |access-date=19 November 2021}}</ref> | parent = Equus (Asinus) | taxon = Equus hemionus<ref name=MSW3>{{MSW3 Perissodactyla |id=14100020 |page=632}}</ref> | authority = [[Peter Simon Pallas|Pallas]], 1775 | subdivision_ranks = Subspecies | subdivision = * ''[[Mongolian wild ass|E. h. hemionus]]'' {{small|(Pallas, 1775)}} * ''[[Turkmenian kulan|E. h. kulan]]'' {{small|([[Colin Groves|Groves]] and [[Vratislav Mazák|Mazák]], 1967)}} * ''[[Persian onager|E. h. onager]]'' {{small|([[Pieter Boddaert|Boddaert]], 1785)}} * ''[[Indian wild ass|E. h. khur]]'' {{small|([[René Lesson|Lesson]], 1827)}} * {{extinct}}''[[Syrian wild ass|E. h. hemippus]]'' {{small|([[Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire|Geoffroy]], 1855)}} * {{extinct}}''[[European ass|E. h. hydruntinus]]'' {{small|(Regalia, 1907)}} | range_map = Equus hemionus map.png | range_map_upright = 1.2 | range_map_caption = Onager range | synonyms = ''Equus onager'' {{small|(Boddaert, 1785)}} }} The '''onager''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|ɒ|n|ə|dʒ|ər}}) ('''''Equus hemionus'''''), also known as '''hemione''' or '''Asiatic wild ass''', is a species of the family [[Equidae]] native to [[Asia]]. A member of the subgenus ''[[Asinus]]'', the onager was [[Scientific description|described]] and given its binomial name by German zoologist [[Peter Simon Pallas]] in 1775. Six subspecies have been recognized. The onager is reddish-brown or yellowish-brown and has a broad dorsal stripe on the middle of the back. It weighs about {{cvt|200|-|260|kg}} and reaches about {{cvt|2.1|m}} head-body length. It is among the [[Fastest animals#Mammals|fastest mammals]], capable of running {{cvt|64–70|km/h}}. The onager had a wider range from southwest and central to northern Asia including the [[Levant]] region, [[Arabian Peninsula]], [[Afghanistan]] and [[Siberia]]; the prehistoric [[European wild ass]] subspecies ranged through Europe until the [[Bronze Age]]. During the early 20th century, it lost most of its range in the [[Middle East]] and [[Eastern Asia]] and lives today in [[Iran]], [[Kazakhstan]], [[Uzbekistan]], [[Turkmenistan]], [[India]], [[Mongolia]] and [[China]]. It inhabits deserts and arid regions, [[grassland]]s, [[plain]]s, [[steppe]]s, and [[savannah]]s. Like many other large grazing animals, its range has contracted greatly under the pressures of [[poaching]] and [[habitat loss]]. It has been classified as [[Near Threatened]] on the [[IUCN Red List]] in 2015. One [[subspecies]] is extinct, two are endangered, and two are near threatened; its status in China is not well known.
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