Equus asinus subsp. asinus Linnaeus 1758
Equus asinus subsp. asinus Linnaeus 1758, Syst. Nat., 10th ed., Vol. 1: 73.
Type Locality: "Habitat in oriente" (= Middle East?).
Synonyms: Equus asinus subsp. arabicus (Fitzinger 1860); Equus asinus subsp. domesticus Erxleben 1777; Equus asinus subsp. europaeus Sanson 1871; Equus asinus subsp. germanicus (Fitzinger 1860); Equus asinus subsp. grajus (Fitzinger 1860); Equus asinus subsp. palaestinae Ducos 1968; Equus asinus subsp. sardous (Fitzinger 1860); Equus asinus subsp. vulgaris (Gray 1824) .