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UNGULATES. 
The Asses (Equus hemionus and asinus). 
The true asses differ from the zebras in having their bodies without a series of 
stripes, although there is always a dark streak down the back, and sometimes 
another across the shoulders, and likewise irregular transverse bars on the limbs. 
Wild asses are widely distributed over the more arid regions of 
Asiatic Wild Ass ° . 
' Asia, ranging from Syria to Persia and Western India, and northwards 
THE TIBETAN WILD ASS, OR KIANG nat. size). 
over a large extent of Central Asia. It was long considered that there were three 
distinct species of these animals, but although there are at least two well-marked 
varieties, Mr. Blanford is of opinion that the whole of these form but a single 
species (E. hemionus). These asses have moderate-sized ears and rather long tails, 
and stand from 3 feet 8 inches to 4 feet (11 to 12 hands) at the withers. They 
have a dark brown stripe, sometimes bordered with white, running from the back 
of the head to the upper portion of the tail, the fore-part of this stripe being formed 
