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
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)