EQUUS. 199 



Equus hemionus, Pallas Nov. Comm. Acad. Petrop., xix, p. 394, pi. vii, 

 (■775); Radde Ost Siberien, i, p. 293; Severtzoff Ann. Mag. N. H., 

 (4), Kviii, p. 387 J Thomas Linn. Trans. (2), v, p. 61 ; Radde Zool. J. B., 

 p. 1057. 



Var. B. — indicus. 



Equus hemionus, F. Cuvier Hist, Nat. Afamm. (1823) ; Is. Geoffr. St. Hil. 



Ann. Mus. Paris, iv, p. 77, pi. viii* ; S^ies P. Z. S., 1837, Pi 9' ; ffutton 



and Blyth J. A. S. B., xv, p. 14S ; Gray P. Z, S., 1849, P- 29 I -^'v'* y. A. 



S. B., xxvi, p. 239; Blanford Persia, p. 84. 

 Asinus onager, Gray Cat, Mamm. B, M., iii, p. 269 (1852); Murray Zool. 



Sind p. 54. 

 EquuB onager, Blyth jf. A. S. B., xxviii, p. 229; id,, Cai., p. 135; Jerdon 



Mamm., p. 236 ; Stoliczka J. A. S. B., xli, p. 228 ; Sterndale Mamm. 



Ind., p. 399. 

 Asinus indicus, P. L. Sclater P. Z. S., p. 163 (1862). 



Var. C. — kiang. 



Equus kiang, Moorcroft's Travels, i, p. 312 (1841) ; Hodgson y. A. S. B., 



xi, p. 286 ; Gray P. Z. S., 1849, p. 29 ; Hay P. Z. S., 1859, p. 353^ pi. 



Ixxiii ; Kinloch Large Game Shooting, i, p. 13. 

 Asinus polyodon, Hodgson Calc. ^ourn. N. H., vii, p. 469, pi. vi (1847) ; 



id. ibid, viii, p. 98. 

 Equus hemionus, Walker y. A. S. B., xvii, pt. ii, p. i, pi. i (1848) ; Gray 



Cat. Mamm. B. M., iii, p. 273; Cunningham Ladak, p. 195, pi. vi ; 



Blyth J. A. S. B., xxviii, p. 229 ; Strachey J. A. S. B., xxix, p. 136 ; 



Blyth Cat., p. 136 j Sterndale Mamm. Ind., p. 40I> > 



Asinus hemionus, Adams P. Z. S., 1858, p. 531 ; P. L. Sclater, P. Z. S., 



1862, p. 163. 



The Wild Ass ; Kiang of Thibet ; Ghorkhur, HindustaBi ; 

 Ghour, Persia. 



Distribution. — The typical variety originally described by Pal- 

 las is found alt over the Southern Siberian steppes and was got by 

 Radde from the Trans-baikal province, and also in the Trans-cas- 

 pian region. 



The Kiang is found plentifully in Western Thibet, extending 

 over the Cashmir frontier in the upper valley of the Indus. - 



The Ghorkhur (var. indicus) is found in Cutch and Rajpootana, 

 west of Long. 75°, and extends through Afghanistan and Beluchis- 

 tan to Persia, and is finally replaced by a fourth sub-species from 

 which it is barely distinguishable, E. hemippiis of Geofiroy. 



Var. B, — indicus. 



a. Skull Kandahar H. B. Lumsden, 1859, A.S.B. 



S. Skull W. T. Blanford, 1882. 



c. Skull, ske-^ Zoological Gardens, 1877. 



leton, skin. 



d. Skull, ske-? Zoological Gardens, 1877. 



leton. 



e. Skull, ske- $ Zoological Gardens, 1878. 



leton. 



