African wild ass (Equus)" which diverged ~4.8 (3.2–6.5) million years ago. Different authors consider the African wild ass and the domesticated donkey one or two species; either view is technically legitimate, though the former is phylogenetically more accurate. The species name for the African wild ass is sometimes given as "asinus", from the domestic donkey, whose specific name is older and usually would have priority. But this usage is erroneous since the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature has conserved the name "Equus africanus" in Opinion 2027. This was done to prevent the confusing situation of the phylogenetic ancestor being taxonomically included in its
Equus Press Equus Press London- and Prague-based Equus Press (Écriture en Quête d’Usage), founded in 2011, focuses on publishing experimental Anglophone writers and is concerned primarily with English language writing from outside of normal English-speaking areas. Since it was established, Equus Press has published the works of such as authors Louis Armand, Thor Garcia, Ken Nash, and Damien Ober. In April 2013, Equus Press published "Louis XXX" (Georges Bataille) in a translation by Stuart Kendall. 2014 saw the release of "Cairo" (Louis Armand), a novel shortlisted for the 2014 "Guardian" Not-the-Booker Prize, and the novel "Doctor Benjamin Franklin’s Dream America" (Damien Ober)