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The Indian wild ass—wild and captive populations
| Content Provider | Scilit |
|---|---|
| Author | Smielowski, Jan M. Raval, Praduman P. |
| Copyright Year | 1988 |
| Description | The ghor-khar is a rare subspecies of onager, or Asiatic wild ass, and its habits are little known. The only known wild population inhabits the Little Rann of Kutch Desert in Gujarat State in western India and, after its numbers fell dramatically in the 1960s, it was declared a protected species. Conservation measures, including the establishment of a Wild Ass Sanctuary in 1973, have been so successful that the most recent census, in 1983, recorded nearly 2000 individuals, compared with 362 in 1967. The authors made four visits to Gujarat to study wild asses between 1984 and 1986. |
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| Ending Page | 88 |
| Page Count | 4 |
| Starting Page | 85 |
| ISSN | 00306053 |
| e-ISSN | 13653008 |
| DOI | 10.1017/s003060530002754x |
| Journal | Oryx |
| Issue Number | 2 |
| Volume Number | 22 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) |
| Publisher Date | 1988-04-24 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Oryx Wild Ass |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics Nature and Landscape Conservation |
