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Onager size: How big do they get?

How big does a Onager get? Here is an overview over the average adult age:

A grown Onager (Equus hemionus) reaches an average size of 2.25 meter (7′ 5″).

When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). Usually, they reach an age of 38.75 years. A full-grown exemplary reaches roughly 235.62 kg (519.46 lbs). A Onager has 1 babies at once. The Onager (genus: Equus) is a member of the family Equidae.

As a reference: Humans reach an average body size of 1.65m (5′ 5″) while carrying 62 kg (137 lbs). A human woman is pregnant for 280 days (40 weeks) and on average become 75 years old.

The average adult size of a Onager is (7' 5

The onager (; Equus hemionus), also known as hemione or Asiatic wild ass, is a species of the family Equidae (horse family) native to Asia. A member of the subgenus Asinus, the onager was described and given its binomial name by German zoologist Peter Simon Pallas in 1775. Five subspecies have been recognized, one of which is extinct.The Asiatic wild ass is larger than the African wild ass at about 290 kg (640 lb) and 2.1 m (6.9 ft) (head-body length). They are reddish-brown or yellowish-brown in color and have broad dorsal stripe on the middle of the back. Unlike most horses and donkeys, onagers have never been domesticated. They are among the fastest mammals, as they can run as fast as 64 km/h (40 mph) to 70 km/h (43 mph). The onager is closely related to the African wild ass, as they both shared the same ancestor. The kiang, formerly considered a subspecies of Equus hemionus, diverged from the Asiatic wild ass and has been acknowledged as a distinct species.The onager formerly had a wider range from southwest and central to northern Asian countries, such as Israel, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Jordan, Syria, Afghanistan, Russia, and Siberia, the prehistoric European wild ass subspecies ranged through Europe until the Bronze age. During early 20th century, the species lost most of its ranges in the Middle East and Eastern Asia. Today, onagers live in deserts and other arid regions of Iran, Pakistan, India, and Mongolia, including in Central Asian hot and cold deserts of Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and China.Other than deserts, it lives in grasslands, plains, steppes, and savannahs. Like many other large grazing animals, the onager’s range has contracted greatly under the pressures of poaching and habitat loss. Previously listed as Endangered, onagers have been classified as Near Threatened by IUCN in 2015. Of the five subspecies, one is extinct, two are endangered, and two are near threatened (their status in China is not well known). Persian onagers are currently being reintroduced in the Middle East as replacements for the extinct Syrian wild ass in the Arabian Peninsula, Israel and Jordan.

Animals of the same family as a Onager

We found other animals of the Equidae family:

Animals with the same size as a Onager

Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Onager:

Animals with the same litter size as a Onager

Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Onager:

Animals with the same life expectancy as a Onager

Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Onager:

Animals with the same weight as a Onager

As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Equus hemionus: