Atlas wild ass

Atlas wild ass
	Atlas wild asses in a Roman mosaic of El Jem, shown attacked by a tiger
Conservation status
	Extinct (ca. 300 AD)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Perissodactyla
Family:	Equidae
Genus:	Equus
Species:	E. africanus
Subspecies:	†E. a. atlanticus
Trinomial name
	†Equus africanus atlanticus; P. Thomas, 1884

The Atlas wild ass (Equus africanus atlanticus), also known as Algerian wild ass, is a purported extinct subspecies of the African wild ass that was once found across North Africa and parts of the Sahara.^[1]

It was last represented in a villa mural ca. 300 AD in Bona, Algeria, and may have become extinct as a result of Roman sport hunting.^[2]

^ Kingdon, Jonathan (1997) The Kingdon field guide to African mammals. Helm, London
^ Van Bemmel, A.C.V. (1972). "Some remarks on the African wild ass" (PDF). Zoologische Mededelingen. 47 (21): 261–271.

[auto-1] Kingdon, Jonathan (1997) The Kingdon field guide to African mammals. Helm, London

[2] Van Bemmel, A.C.V. (1972). "Some remarks on the African wild ass" (PDF). Zoologische Mededelingen. 47 (21): 261–271.

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