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[[File:Equus asinus somalicus.jpg|thumb|right|Foal of [[Somali wild ass]] (''E. a. somalicus'')]]
[[File:Somali Wild Ass mother and foal.jpg|thumb|left|Somali wild ass mother and foal]]
In the wild, breeding of African wild ass occurs in wet season.<ref name=animalinfo>{{cite web|title=African wild ass|url=http://www.animalinfo.org/species/artiperi/equuafri.htm|publisher=Animal Info}}</ref> Gestation period lasts for 11 to 12 months, given birth one foal from October to February.<ref name="animalinfo"/><ref name=huffman>{{cite web|last=Reyes|first=E.|title=African wild ass |url=http://www.ultimateungulate.com/perissodactyla/equus_asinus.html|publisher=Ultimate Ungulate}}</ref> The foal
Wild asses can run swiftly, almost as fast as a horse. However, unlike most hoofed mammals, their tendency is to not flee right away from a potentially dangerous situation, but to investigate first before deciding what to do. When they need to, they can defend themselves with kicks from both their front and hind legs. Equids were used in ancient [[Sumer]] to pull wagons circa 2600 BC, and then [[chariot]]s on the [[Standard of Ur]], circa 2000 BC. These have been suggested to represent [[onager]]s, but are now thought to have been domestic asses.<ref>{{Cite book| first=Juliet | last=Clutton-Brock | year=1992 | title=Horse Power: A History of the Horse and the Donkey in Human Societies | publisher=Harvard University Press | location=USA | isbn=978-0-674-40646-9}}</ref>
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