there are aproximately 400 left as of 2002
Asses live nin the desert area
Africa
African wild ass have usually 1 baby
The African Wild Ass is endangered.
Unfortunately, yes.
The African wild ass eats thorn bushes, and other tough plants that other animals would not eat.
Wild donkeys are usually seen in Africa, they are called Wild African Ass.
The latin name for an ass is Equus Asinus and comes from the wild African ass or Equus Africanus.
it is a donkey They are the same thing, A donkey is domesticated, an ass is wild.
Its a Donkey The donkey or ass is a house-trained member of the horse family unit, Equidae. The wild antecedent of the donkey is the African wild ass. The donkey has been used as a functioning creature for at least 5000 years.
the population is over onehundred billion and it is bigger than the African wild ass
Domestic donkeys are not threatened but their ancestor, the African Wild Ass is endangered.
There are three species of wild ass. The African wild ass is critically endangered as a result of hunting for food and traditional medicine, and many are crossbreeding with domestic donkeys; there are only a few hundred left in the wild. The kiang, a species of Asiatic wild ass, has a Least Concern conservation status. The onager, another Asiatic species, is endangered as a result of poaching and habitat loss. The Indian ass, a subspecies of onager, is endangered as a result of a major outbreak of Trypanosoma evansi, a disease that effects horses and some other livestock, from 1958 and 1960, as well as habitat degradation from salt related activities, the invasion of Prosopis juliflora, a type of mesquite shrub, and the encroachment of nomadic herdsmen.
The African wild ass is simply the ancestor of the donkey, therefore its reproductive cycle is the same as for any other donkey. The gestation period is 12 months. The Donkey Breed Society can provide more detailed information.