Atlas wild ass
| Atlas wild ass | |
|---|---|
| Atlas wild asses in a Roman mosaic of El Jem, shown attacked by a tiger | |
Extinct (ca. 300 AD) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Perissodactyla |
| Family: | Equidae |
| Genus: | Equus |
| Species: | |
| 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.
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.