Equus asinus

Translingual

Equus asinus somalicus (Somali wild ass)

Proper noun

Equus asinus m

1. A taxonomic species within the family Equidae – African wild asses and the domesticated asses and donkeys believed derived from them or from an extinct close relative.

Synonyms

• Asinus – genus within Equidae or subgenus of Equus

Hypernyms

• (species): Perissodactyla – order; Equoidea – superfamily; Equidae – family; Equinae – subfamily; Equini – tribe; Equus – genus

Hyponyms

• (species): Equus asinus asinus (domesticated asses), Equus asinus africanus (Nubian wild ass), Equus asinus somalicus (Somali wild ass) – subspecies

References

• Equus asinus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Equus asinus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Equus asinus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Equus asinus at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Equus asinus at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Equus asinus at AnimalBase
• Equus_asinus at Animal Diversity Web
• Equus asinus in Mammal Species of the World^[1] at Bucknell.
• “Equus asinus”, in Paleobiology Database, 2025