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Equus asinus (donkey)
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).
It was recombined as Asinus asinus by Dollman (1935).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1758 | Equus asinus Linnaeus p. 73 |
1866 | Asinus africanus aegyptiacus Heuglin and Fitzinger |
1911 | Equus asinus Thomas p. 155 |
1935 | Asinus asinus Dollman |
2004 | Equus asinus Beja-Pereira et al. p. 1781 |
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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
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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 |
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Pleistocene | Egypt (Kom Ombo Plain) | Equus asinus (22513 22514 22541) | |
Pleistocene | Egypt | Equus asinus (21874 21876 21891 21892) | |
Pleistocene | Morocco | Equus asinus (22489) | |
Pleistocene - Holocene | Morocco | Equus asinus (21856 21857) | |
Pleistocene - Holocene | Sudan | Equus asinus (21869 21870 21872) | |
Pleistocene - Holocene | Egypt (Kom Ombo Plain) | Equus asinus (22534 22535 22536 22537 22543) | |
Pleistocene - Holocene | Egypt | Equus asinus (21900) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Egypt | Equus asinus (21877) | |
Holocene | Egypt | Equus asinus (21907) | |
Holocene | Ecuador (Galapagos) | Equus asinus (190844) | |
Holocene | Kenya | Equus asinus (21935) | |
Holocene | Sudan | Equus asinus (21902 21958) |