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3 unusual facts about Indian wild ass


Indian wild ass

The animal feeds on grass, leaves and fruits of plant, crop, Prosopis pods, and saline vegetation.

At this place Rebaris (camel and sheep breeders) live in the Prosopis juliflora jungles in the company of chinkaras, hyenas, common fox, desert cat and wolf etc.

Besides disease, the ass's other threats include habitat degradation due to salt activities, the invasion of the Prosopis juliflora shrub, and encroachment and grazing by the Maldhari.



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