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Indian Wild Ass – Khur
October 7 , 2024
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- The Little Rann of Kutch is home to the wild ass sanctuary, which is the only remaining habitat of the Indian wild ass (Equus hemionus khur), locally called khur.
- About 6,000 of these sandy and brown creatures live in this area.
- The khur has outlasted predators such as the cheetah and the lion, which were last spotted in this region in the 1850s.
- The khur have recently overcome a near-extinction event on account of diseases.
- The viral African Horse sickness, and Surra (caused by the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma evansi and spread by biting insects) had decimated many herds.
- Only a few hundred survivors were estimated in the 1960s.
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