Donkey the environment. They may compete with livestock and native animals for resources, spread weeds and diseases, foul or damage watering holes and cause erosion. Few species of ass exist in the wild. The African wild ass, "Equus africanus", has two subspecies, the Somali wild ass, "Equus africanus somaliensis", and the Nubian wild ass, "Equus africanus africanus", the principal ancestor of the domestic donkey. Both are critically endangered. Extinct species include the European ass, "Equus hydruntinus", which became extinct during the Neolithic, and the North African wild ass, "Equus africanus atlanticus", which became extinct in Roman times. There are five subspecies
Selenogyrus africanus Andrew Smith claimed that "Selenogyrus africanus" "is in urgent need of redescription". Selenogyrus africanus Selenogyrus africanus is a species of tarantula, which is native to the Ivory Coast and is a member of the Selenogyrinae subfamily. Female "Selenogyrus africanus" have procurved foveae, and many spines on the labium. The cephalothorax is 12mm long and 9.4mm wide. It has some long, thick greyish-yellow hairs. The abdomen is 15mm long and 10mm wide. It is black, with long grey hairs. "Selenogyrus africanus" was originally described as "Hapalopus africanus" by Eugène Simon in 1889, but Reginald Innes Pocock, in 1897, recognized that it