Kiang

The kiang lives in grassland and shrubland habitats and has a cathemeral activity pattern. Its gestation period is 304.4 days, it has 1 young per litter, it reaches sexual maturity at 3 years, and it is listed as Least Concern by the IUCN.

Weight

262.5 kg – 350 kgsrc for Weight

Length

Not recorded

Lifespan

30 years – 38.8 yearssrc for Lifespan

Diet

Herbivoresrc for Diet

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

grassland, shrublandsrc for Habitat

Gestation

304 dayssrc for Gestation

Young per litter or clutch

1src for Young per litter or clutch

Age at maturity

2.74 years – 3.25 yearssrc for Age at maturity

Litters or clutches a year

0.585src for Litters or clutches a year

Active

Day and night (cathemeral)src for Active

Lifestyle

Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status

Countries on record

Not recorded

Not recorded

The kiang is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

1. LCLeast Concern
2. NTNear Threatened
3. VUVulnerable
4. ENEndangered
5. CRCritically Endangered
6. EWExtinct in the Wild
7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species.

1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classMammalia
4. orderPerissodactyla
5. familyEquidae
6. genusEquus
7. SpeciesEquus kiang Moorcroft, 1841

Synonyms Asinus equioides, Asinus hemionus, Asinus kiang, Asinus kyang, Asinus polydon, Equus equioides, Equus hemionus kiang, Equus hemionus kiang, Equus kyang, Equus nepalensis, Equus tafeli, Hemionus kiang, Hemionus nepalensis, Microhippus tafeli

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

NT, Near Threatened

Onager

Equus hemionus

Equidae

NT, Near Threatened

Plains zebra

Equus quagga

Equidae

EN, Endangered

Wild horse

Equus ferus

Equidae

EN, Endangered

Grévy's zebra

Equus grevyi

Equidae

VU, Vulnerable

Mountain zebra

Equus zebra

Equidae

CR, Critically Endangered

African wild ass

Equus africanus

Equidae

CompareKiang vs OnagerKiang vs Plains zebraKiang vs Wild horseKiang vs Grévy's zebra

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@misc{kiang_2026,
  title = {Kiang (Equus kiang)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/kiang},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}