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Equus asinus (donkey)

Osteichthyes - Perissodactyla - Equidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Equus asinus Linnaeus p. 73
1866Asinus africanus aegyptiacus Heuglin and Fitzinger
1911Equus asinus Thomas p. 155
1935Asinus asinus Dollman
2004Equus asinus Beja-Pereira et al. p. 1781

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Panperissodactyla
superorderPerissodactylamorpha
orderPerissodactyla()
superfamilyEquoidea
familyEquidae
subfamilyEquinae
tribeEquini
genusEquus
speciesasinus

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Equus asinus Linnaeus 1758 [donkey]
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Asinus africanus aegyptiacus Heuglin and Fitzinger 1866
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean

Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingg
Diet: grazerg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-31 14:57:30
Modified: 2009-01-04 13:02:31
Source: g = genus, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.12900 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (30 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Egypt (Kom Ombo Plain) Equus asinus (22513 22514 22541)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117India (Gujarat) Equus asinus (238027)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Egypt Equus asinus (21874 21876 21891 21892)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117India (Madras) Equus asinus (228955)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117India Equus asinus (237976 238018 238019)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Morocco Equus asinus (22489)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0Sudan Equus asinus (21869 21870 21872)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0Egypt (Kom Ombo Plain) Equus asinus (22534 22535 22536 22537 22543)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0Egypt Equus asinus (21900)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0Morocco Equus asinus (21856 21857)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Egypt Equus asinus (21877)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Egypt Equus asinus (21907)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Kenya Equus asinus (21935)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Ecuador (Galapagos) Equus asinus (190844)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Sudan Equus asinus (21902 21958)