Equus asinus Linnaeus, 1758

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Rank
SPECIES: Published in
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia: phylum
Chordata: class
Mammalia: order
Perissodactyla: family
Equidae: genus
Equus: species
Equus asinus

Name

Synonyms: Asinus africanus aegyptiacus Heuglin & Fitzinger, 1866; Asinus asinus (Linnaeus, 1758); Asinus vulgaris Gray, 1824; Equus africanus asinus Linnaeus, 1758; Equus asinus asinus; Equus asinus palaestinae Ducos, 1968
Homonyms: Equus asinus Linnaeus, 1758
Common names: Aasi in Finnish; Aezel in Limburgish; African Wild Ass in English; African donkey in English; African wild ass in language.; Afrikanischer Wildesel in German; Afrikanischer Wildesel in German; Afruponkor in Akan; Akaja in language.; Ane domestique in French; Ane domestique in French; Asal in Irish; Asbek in Afrikaans; Ase in Catalan–Valencian; Asen in Romansh; Asino in Italian; Asni in Icelandic; Asno in Spanish; Asno in Portuguese; Asnu in Quechua; Ass in English; Ass in English; Ass in English; Ass in English; Ass in English; Ass in English; Assyl in Manx; Asto in Basque; Astol in language.; Asyn in Welsh; Azen in Breton; Azno in language.; Aɣyul in language.; A̱ka̱za̱nki in language.; Aшак in Chuvash; Beudet in language.; Boriky in Malagasy; Botterkop in Afrikaans; Bourik in Haitian Creole; Buriku in language.; Burro orejano in Spanish; Buŋa in language.; Chavurro in Guarani; Cuddie in language.; Dameer in Somali; Domaći magarac in Croatian; Domestic Ass in English; Domestic Donkey in English; Domestic Donkey in English; Domestic Donkey in English

Bibliographic References

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