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Species Equus (Asinus) asinus Linnaeus, 1758

Donkey

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Introduced from Europe.


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, SA, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Kanmantoo (KAN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Murchison (MUR), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Tanami (TAN), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Diurnal, folivore, gregarious, herbivore, terrestrial, tussock grassland.

Extra Ecological Information

Feral.

 

General References

Bennett, D.K. 1980. Stripes do not a zebra make, Part 1: a cladistic analysis of Equus. Systematic Zoology 29: 272-287

Choquenet, D. 1991. Density-dependent growth, body condition and demography in feral donkeys: testing the food hypothesis. Ecology 72: 805-813

Choquenot, D. 1995. Donkey Equus asinus. pp. 712-713 in Strahan, R. (ed.). The Mammals of Australia: The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife. Sydney : Reed New Holland 756 pp.

Clutton-Brock, J. 1981. Domesticated Animals from Early Times. London : British Museum 208 pp.

Eisenmann, V. 1979. Caractères évolutifs et phylogénie du genre Equus (Mammalia, Perissodactyla). Comptes Rendus (Hebdomadaires) des Séances de l'Academie des Sciences. Série D. Sciences Naturelles Sér. D 288: 497-500

Eisenmann, V. & Turlot, J.-C. 1978. Sur la taxonomie du genre Equus (Équidés). Description et discrimination des espèces d'après les données crâniométrigues. Cahiers Analyse Données 3: 179-201

Freeland, W.J. & Choquenot, D. 1990. Determinants of herbivore carrying capacity: plants, nutrients and Equus asinus in northern Australia. Ecology 71: 589-597

Gibb, J.A. & Flux, J.E.C. 1973. Mammals. pp. 334-371 in Williams, G.R. (ed.). The Natural History of New Zealand an Ecological Survey. Wellington : A.H. & A.W. Reed.

Groves, C.P. 1974. Horses, Asses and Zebras in the Wild. London : David & Charles (Holdings) 192 pp.

Groves, C.P. & Willoughby, D.P. 1981. Studies on the taxonomy and phylogeny of the genus Equus. 1. Subgeneric classification of the recent species. Mammalia 45: 321-354

Hickman, G.C. 1981. National mammal guides: a review of references to Recent faunas. Mammal Review 11: 53-85 (taxonomic arrangements and synonymies)

Long, J.L. 1972. Introduced birds and mammals in Western Australia. Agricultural Protection Board Western Australia Technical Service 1: 1-30

McCool, C., Radunz, B., Fox, B., Stephens, D., Walsh, B., Watts, C. & Hill, B. 1981. Report to the Feral Animals Committee of a working party on the feral donkey problem in the Northern Territory. N.T. Dept. Prim. Prod. Tech. Bull. 81/39: 1–26.

McKnight, T. 1976. Friendly vermin. A survey of feral livestock in Australia. University of California Publications in Geography 21: i-viii 1-104

Willoughby, D.P. 1974. The Empire of Equus. Cranbury : A.S. Barnes & Co. 475 pp.

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
14-Dec-2010 14-Dec-2010 MODIFIED
12-Feb-2010 (import)