Certainly it is possible for donkeys to go feral, as they have in the
American West (burros), notably in the Grand Canyon.
Rissa
At 6:46 PM +0100 4/13/09, Benjamin Arbuckle wrote:
>Dear colleagues,
>
>I have been looking into Roman sources (Strabo, Varro) which repeatedly
>refer to the presence of "wild asses" in central Anatolia (Turkey)
>in antiquity.
>Wild donkeys are not present in this region and evidence for hemiones is very
>sparse, while the extinct hydruntine was the dominant "ass" at least through
>the middle Holocene. Are these authors possibly referring to a very late
>presence of an extinct equid or is there another explanation? Is it
>possible for
>donkeys to go feral? Are there any example of this?
>Any thoughts would be appreciated.
>
>Sincerely,
>
>Benjamin Arbuckle
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