Taxonomy Profile: Equus kiang (Moorcroft 1841)

Equus kiang: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Species
Synonym(s):
Common Name(s):
Kiang []
Tibetan Wild Ass []
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Equus kiang: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Animalia
animals |
Animal |
animaux |
Subkingdom : Bilateria
Infrakingdom : Deuterostomia
Phylum : Chordata
chordates |
cordado |
cordés |
Subphylum : Vertebrata
vertebrates |
vertebrado |
vertébrés |
Infradivision : Gnathostomata
Superclass : Tetrapoda
Class : Mammalia
mammals |
mamífero |
mammifères |
Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Eutheria
Order : Perissodactyla
antas |
Odd-toed Ungulates |
Family : Equidae
Horses |
Zebras |
Asses |
Genus : Equus
Horses |
Subgenus : Equus (Asinus)
Asses |
Species : Equus kiang
Kiang |
Tibetan Wild Ass |
Equus kiang Direct Children(s):
Equus kiang kiang
(Moorcroft 1841)
Equus kiang holdereri
(Matschie 1911)
Equus kiang polyodon
(Hodgson 1847)
Equus kiang: References
Expert(s):
Expert:
Peter Grubb
Notes:
35 Downhills Park Road, London N17 6PE, England
Reference for:
Equus kiang
Source(s):
Source:
Checklist of CITES Species Part 1 CITES species index
Acquired:
2011-11-22
Notes:
UNEP-WCMC (Comps.) 2011. Checklist of CITES species (CD-ROM). CITES Secretariat, Geneva, Switzerland, and UNEP-WCMC, Cambridge, United Kingdom. ISBN 2-88323-030-7. Available online at http://www.cites.org/eng/resources/pub/checklist11/index.html or from CITES Secretariat, Chemin des Anémones, 1219 Châtelaine, Genève, Switzerland
Reference for:
Equus kiang
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2000-01-01 / 2000-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Common Names of Mammals of the World
Page(s):
xiv + 204
Publisher:
Smithsonian Institution Press
Publication Place:
Washington, DC, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
1-56098-383-3/
Notes:
With contributions by Bernadette N. Graham, Adam P. Potter, and Mariana M. Upmeyer
Reference for:
Equus kiang
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1992-01-01 / 1993-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing
Page(s):
xviii + 1207
Publisher:
Smithsonian Institution Press
Publication Place:
Washington, DC, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
1-56098-217-9/
Notes:
Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing
Reference for:
Equus kiang
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2005-10-01 / 2005-10-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2
Page(s):
2000
Publisher:
Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication Place:
Baltimore, Maryland
ISBN/ISSN:
0-8018-8221-4/
Notes:
Reference for:
Equus kiang
Author(s)/Editor(s):
St. Louis, Antoine, and Steeve D. Côté
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2009-05-27 / 2009-05-27
Article/Chapter Title:
Equus kiang (Perissodactyla: Equidae)
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammalian Species, no. 835
Page(s):
1-11
Publisher:
Publication Place:
ISBN/ISSN:
/0076-3519
Notes:
Online ISSN: 1545-1410. Available online at http://www.science.smith.edu/departments/Biology/VHAYSSEN/msi/default.html
Reference for:
Equus kiang
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Groves, Colin, and Peter Grubb
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2011-01-01 / 2011-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Ungulate Taxonomy
Page(s):
ix + 317
Publisher:
Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication Place:
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
1-4214-0093-6/
Notes:
Reference for:
Equus kiang
Equus kiang: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Southern Asia
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Equus kiang: Comments
Comment:
CITES: Appendix II per 2011 Checklist of CITES Species Part 1 CITES species index published with amendments to the Appendices and changes in standard scientific nomenclature following the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (Doha, 2010). For current status see CITES.org
Comment:
Comments: Revised by Groves and Mazák (1967) and Groves (1986), who with Bennett (1980) separated kiang from hemionus; Schlawe (1986) regarded kiang as a subspecies of hemionus