Atlas wild ass
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The Atlas wild ass (Equus africanus atlanticus), also known as Algerian wild ass, is a purported extinct subspecies of the African wild ass that was once found across North Africa and parts of the Sahara.[1]
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Atlas wild ass | |
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Atlas wild asses in a Roman mosaic of El Jem, shown attacked by a tiger | |
Extinct (ca. 300 AD) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Perissodactyla |
Family: | Equidae |
Genus: | Equus |
Species: | |
Subspecies: | †E. a. atlanticus |
Trinomial name | |
†Equus africanus atlanticus P. Thomas, 1884 |
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It was last represented in a villa mural ca. 300 AD in Bona, Algeria, and may have become extinct as a result of Roman sport hunting.[2]