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Equus asinus (donkey)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae

Taxonomy
Equus asinus was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant. It is the type species of Asinus.

It was recombined as Asinus asinus by Dollman (1935).

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
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
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: Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.12600 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (25 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Egypt (Kom Ombo Plain) Equus asinus (22513 22514 22541)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Egypt Equus asinus (21874 21876 21891 21892)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Morocco Equus asinus (22489)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Morocco Equus asinus (21856 21857)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Sudan Equus asinus (21869 21870 21872)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Egypt (Kom Ombo Plain) Equus asinus (22534 22535 22536 22537 22543)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Egypt Equus asinus (21900)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Egypt Equus asinus (21877)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Egypt Equus asinus (21907)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Ecuador (Galapagos) Equus asinus (190844)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Kenya Equus asinus (21935)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Sudan Equus asinus (21902 21958)