Kiang

Kiang
At Leh, India
CITES Appendix II 
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Perissodactyla
Family: Equidae
Genus: Equus
Subgenus: Asinus
Species:
E. kiang
Binomial name
Equus kiang
Moorcroft, 1841
Range map

The kiang (Equus kiang) is the largest species of the Asinus subgenus. It is native to the Tibetan Plateau in Ladakh India, northern Pakistan, China and northern Nepal. It inhabits montane grasslands and shrublands. Other common names for this species include Tibetan wild ass, khyang and gorkhar.

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