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Wild equids roam 6 continents; these continents are North America, South America, Asia, Africa, Australia, and Europe and each continent has different technology in which to conserve the equid species. The US manages wild (feral) horses by implementing fertility control with technologies to track bands of horses and burros to surpress reproduction. In contrast, Africa and Asia encourage reproduction and use technologies such as cloning, citizen science, and stripe mapping (the use of algorithums to identify each individual based on their unique stripes) to support the growth of the wild equid populations in there regions.
North & South American Equid Species
Equus Caballus Ferus - Horse (insert sound bite)
Found in 15 US States primarily in the Western United States, 4 Canadian Provinences, and throughout areas of Mexico and South America
Managed with fertility control and round-ups
Equus Asinus - Donkey (insert sound bite)
Found mostly in desert regions
Rounded up by US federal government
Equus Asinus X Equus Caballus - Mule (insert sound bite)
Typically not found in wild. However, some have been seen with wild horse bands in the Western United States.
Asian Equid Species
Equus ferus przewalskii - Known as Takhi in Mongolia
Native wild horses found in the steppe regions of Mongolia and parts of China that were considered the last remaining wild horse until the past 10 years when scientists traced Takhi linages back to Botai horses thought to be the first horses domesticated by humans.
Equus hemionus onager-
African Equid Species
African Equid Species
Equus Africanus - African Wild Ass
Threatened due to hunting, competition of resources with livestock, and hybridization with domestic donkeys.
Located only in localized regions of Ethiopia, Eritrea and Somalia
Equus Quagga - Zebra
Plains, Grevy's, and Mountain different types of Zebras
Threatened due to hunting and competition with agriculture
Can be tracked by their unique stripe patterns
Part of a citizen science project associated with Wildbook
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