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Ecology of wild ass (Equus hemionus khur) in little Rann of Kutch.
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Herd of Indian wild ass (Equus hemionus khur), Rann of Kutch, India.
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From days of old grammarians have sensed the root khur in this noun and have been struck by the similarity of the
Exposition of Genesis: Volume 1 1892-1972 1942
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E-khur-makh, 'the house of the great mountain,' which a text [1394] declares to be equivalent to E-kharsag-kalama.
The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria Morris Jastrow 1891
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-- Darker in hue than the _ghor-khur_, especially on the flanks, contrasting abruptly with the white of the under-parts.
Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon Robert Armitage Sterndale 1870
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_Ghor-khur_ of Sind and Baluchistan are the same animal.
Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon Robert Armitage Sterndale 1870
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The Persians call him the _gur-khur_, and chase him with occasional success, regarding his flesh as a great delicacy.
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The chase, however, in which the Persians chiefly delight, and for which those greyhounds are most highly valued, is that of the ghoo-khur, or wild ass.
Anecdotes of Dogs Edward Jesse 1824
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Such, however, is the speed and endurance of the ghoo-khur, that it is seldom fairly run down by the greyhounds; its death generally being achieved by the rifle of some lucky horseman.
Anecdotes of Dogs Edward Jesse 1824
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These details and several more have been revealed by the state forest department from its recently concluded census of the last surviving species of the wild ass (Equus hemionus khur) in the Wild Ass Sanctuary (WAS) in Surendranagar.
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