The European wild ass, Equus hydruntinus, also called the hydruntine, is an extinct equine that lived from the Middle Pleistocene to the Late Holocene in Europe and West Asia, and possibly North Africa. It belonged to the subgenus Asinus and was closely related to the living Asiatic wild ass, though its muzzle was shorter and wider and its very high-crowned teeth were small for the skull. It first appears in the fossil record around 600,000 years ago and was widespread from the Middle East to Europe, with fossils from Italy, Turkey, Spain, France and Portugal. It favoured semi-arid steppic conditions and open ground between shrubland and grassland, and it was mainly a grazer. It was hunted by people, appears in Palaeolithic cave paintings in France, and the youngest known remains, from Anatolia, date to the first millennium BC.
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In the north it reached almost to the North Sea in Germany and the British Isles.
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In the east the range apparently stretched at least to the Volga and to Iran.
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with fossil reports from Italy, Turkey, Spain, France and Portugal.
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with fossil reports from Italy, Turkey, Spain, France and Portugal.
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with fossil reports from Italy, Turkey, Spain, France and Portugal.
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with fossil reports from Italy, Turkey, Spain, France and Portugal.
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is an extinct equine from the Middle Pleistocene to Late Holocene of Europe and West Asia
Ecology
It preferred open biotopes, between shrubland (favoured by true horses) and grassland (favoured by bovids).
Ecology, diet
Dental wear analysis of specimens from the Iberian Peninsula suggests a primarily grazing diet
Relationship with humans
it was hunted by people, including both modern humans and Neanderthals.
Evolutionary history
with fossil reports from Italy, Turkey, Spain, France and Portugal.
Evolutionary history, where it lives
In the east the range apparently stretched at least to the Volga and to Iran.
Evolutionary history, where it lives (2)
In the north it reached almost to the North Sea in Germany and the British Isles.
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Child Taxon Of: Equidae, Lead
genus of mammals in the perissodactyl family Equidae, which includes horses, asses, and zebras.
Child Taxon Of: Equus, Lead
genus of mammals in the perissodactyl family Equidae, which includes horses, asses, and zebras.
In Group: Odd-Toed Ungulates (Perissodactyla), Lead
genus of mammals in the perissodactyl family Equidae, which includes horses, asses, and zebras.
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