Tibet Chinese Name: Tibet wild ass
Morphological characteristics: large scale. Mongolia wild shape and similar to the dorsal neck, shoulder and back to yellow brown, a light brown or tan in the winter; ventral neck, chest, abdomen, the side of the body is white, and the dorsal coat color has a clear dividing line.
Tibet is a large wild herbivorous animal. Mongolia wild shape and similar short head; the ear can live longer, rotation; snout obtuse, color black. Body hair Yihong brown, apex, back ridges, mane, tail end hair color is deep, snout above, neck, chest, abdomen, limbs are dirty white hair, clear color and torso.
It looks like a mule, and a donkey hoof shape are many, particularly vigorous magnificent, therefore the local people often call them "mustang". Tibet wild adult body length up to 2 meters, shoulder height of 1.3 meters, weighing 300 to 400 kg, compared with the domesticated donkey, can be said to be "high Toujun donkey".
Live in the alpine desert, summer to more than 5000 meters above sea level in the high mountains, winter to the lower altitude. Good cluster life, good at running, high vigilance. Love to eat grass, sedge and artemisia. In the arid environment will find the right place for hoof dig dug out water for drinking, but also for the Tibetan antelope and other hoofed animal drinking water.
Tibet wild clusters of activity habits, female donkeys, male donkeys and donkey wandering life together with young. Each group of 5 to 8 or 20 to 30 head. In the summer, water conditions and human disturbance of the place, Tibet wild group will be great. Living in Xinjiang Altun Mountain Nature Reserve of Tibet Lake provided according to summer Kepa wild group, the number of individuals in the crowd often more than 100 to 200 between the bulls. In the hall of the northern Qaidam Basin Teng basin area, usually 3 to 5 knot small group activities, the activities of wild individuals alone is also common.
Tibet wild extremely resistant to drought, can a few days without water. Their hearing, smell, vision are very sensitive, can be aware of their own hundreds of meters away from the situation. If someone close to or enemy attacks, first look up quietly, staring for a moment, then Yang Ti sprint. Ran out of a distance, feel safe, and stopped to wait and see, and then run. Always run, stop, look after the run. Tibet has a very special wild habits, love and car race.
Tibet wild with short distance seasonal migration habits. Regular activities are very regular, early morning to the water source drinking water, in the day on the grass feed, rest, in the evening to return to the depths of the night for the night. Every day to wander dozens of kilometers away. In the wild often activity place, not disturbed when moving love Tibet wild ass in a single file, threaded. In the pasture, near the water, often walking along the fixed line, leaving a unique "donkey"". The donkey diameter 20 cm wide, arranged in a crisscross pattern to everywhere.
When the smart Tibet wild ass in the drought, will choose the high underground water level where "wells in bend". They use the shoe on the beach dig deep half meters of the big puddle, local people called "donkey wells". In addition to their own drinking these puddles, also provides water to the Tibetan antelope, gazelle, gazelle and other animal.