The eleventh birth of a Somali Wild Ass has occured at the Réserve Africaine de Sigean. On august 14th 2010 Jacayl was born in the ‘African savannah’ park. A very rare event : this animal is nearly extinct in its natural environment and there are only a hundred individuals in zoological institutions around the world.
Description
- Habitat : semi-arid and arid steppe in Africa
- Food : grasses, fruits
- Weight : 250 kg
- Shoulder height : 1,25 m
- Speed : 65 kph
- Lifespan : 20 years
- Gestation : 11,5 months
- Young per birth : 1
- Animal's legal status :
- UICN : CR - critically endangered (1996)
- CITES : Appendix I (1983)
- European Union : Annex A (1997)
- EAZA : EEP (2002) - Basel
