INDIAN WILD ASS/KHUR
Local name : Jungli gadheda, Ghudkhur.
Physical measurements & life cycle :
Length : 210 cm
Weight : 200-250 kg
Height : 110-120 cm
Maturity : 27-30 months
Gestation : 11 months
Litter size : 1
Life Span : 20 years
Breeding : Monsoo
Description
It is larger than the domestic donkey, but somewhat smaller than the horse. It has golden cream coloured round patches on its white coat. It also has dark brown mane that extends as black stripe along the back.
Food
Herbivorous. It feeds on grass, leaves, fruits, pods of Prosopis juliflora, saline vegetation as also agricultural crops.
Distribution
Little Rann of Kachchh and Khadir and Tragadi islands in Great Rann of Kachchh. Some individuals were also seen recently in Kala Dungar area during an ecological study in the Rann of Kachchh. Also reported from Nalsarovar area and the areas on the fringes of the Ranns.
Habitat
Wild ass lives in saline desert, dry grass land and open scrub forest.
Behaviour
Wild asses mate and give birth to young ones in monsoon. The male young-one leaves the mother after two years. Usually lives in herds of various sizes.
Signs of presence
Sound, droppings and hoof marks in muddy wet area.
Indian wild ass is one of the fastest of Indian mammals that can gallop at the speed SA km/hr. When tired, the speed may drop to 45 km/hr. It is unknown how the Indian wild ass disappeared from its former haunts in parts of western India, Pakistan, etc. It is widely believed that the wild ass became a victim of a disease known as Surra, caused by Trypanosoma evansi and transmitted by flies, in 1958 and 1960. In 1961 many were thought to have fallen victim to South African horse sickness.
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