Definition of Equus hemionus

1. Noun. Asiatic wild ass.

Exact synonyms: Onager
Generic synonyms: Wild Ass
Specialized synonyms: Chigetai, Dziggetai, Equus Hemionus Hemionus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Equus Hemionus

Equisetum arvense
Equisetum fluviatile
Equisetum hyemale
Equisetum hyemale robustum
Equisetum palustre
Equisetum robustum
Equisetum variegatum
Equuleus
Equus Burchelli
Equus asinus
Equus caballus
Equus caballus gomelini
Equus caballus przevalskii
Equus caballus przewalskii
Equus grevyi
Equus hemionus (current term)
Equus hemionus hemionus
Equus kiang
Equus quagga
Equus zebra zebra
Eragrostic abyssinica
Eragrostis
Eragrostis curvula
Eragrostis tef
Eramo
Eramos
Eramosa
Eranko's fluorescence stain
Eranthis
Eranthis hyemalis

Literary usage of Equus hemionus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Catalogue of Carnivorous, Pachydermatous, and Edentate Mammalia in the by John Edward Gray (1869)
"... edge of the second grinder, some distance in front of the end of the cheek-ridge. Equus hemionus, Pallas, Nov. Comm. Petrop. xix. p. 394, t. 7 (cop. ..."

2. The Popular Science Monthly (1890)
"... were only local varieties of a single species (Equus hemionus). North of the central plateau of Asia, the steppes of Turkistan are prolonged so as to ..."

3. Catalogue of Mammalia in the Indian Museum, Calcutta by John Anderson, William Lutley Sclater, Indian Museum (1891)
"Equus hemionus, Pallas Nov. Comm. Acad. ... Equus hemionus, F. Cavier Hist. Nat. Mamm. ... Equus hemionus, Walker JAS В., xvi!, pt. ii, p. ..."

4. Farmer's Cyclopedia of Live Stock by Earley Vernon Wilcox, Clarence Beaman Smith (1908)
"... (Equus hemionus) while the Kiang (Equus hemionus kiang) thrives at high altitudes in Tibet and Mongolia. Throughout the great plains of Asia is found ..."

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