Equus hemionus Pallas, 1775 . Nova Comm. Imp. Acad. Sci. Petrop., 19:394.

TYPE LOCALITY: Russia, Transbaikalia, S Chitinsk. Obi., Tarei-Nor, 50°N, 115°E .

DISTRIBUTION: Formerly much of Mongolia, north to Transbaikalia (Russia); east to NE Inner Mongolia (China) and possibly W Manchuria (China); and west to Dzhungarian Gate. Survives in SW and SC Mongolia and adjacent China; see Sokolov and Orlov (1980:248).

STATUS: CITES - Appendix I as E. h. hemionus, otherwise Appendix II; U.S. ESA - Endangered; IUCN - Vulnerable.

SYNONYMS: bedfordi, castaneus, finschi, luteus.

COMMENTS: Revised by Groves and Mazak (1967) and Schlawe (1986).