Onager a subspecies of the onager as "E. hemionus kiang", but recent molecular studies indicate it to be a distinct species, having diverged from the closest relative of the Mongolian wild ass's ancestor less than 500,000 years ago. Widely five recognized subspecies of the onager include: A sixth possible subspecies, the Gobi khulan ("E. h. luteus", also called the "chigetai" or "dziggetai") has been proposed, but may be synonymous with "E. h. hemionus". Debates over the taxonomic identity of the onager occurred until 1980. As of today, four living subspecies and one extinct subspecies of the Asiatic wild ass have been
Animal Sentience (journal) Animal Sentience (journal) Animal Sentience: An Interdisciplinary Journal on Animal Feeling is a multidisciplinary academic journal. Its subject matter, animal sentience, concerns what animals think and feel, and the journal also covers methods through which scientists and scholars can study this and make the information available to the general public. The journal is published by the Institute for Science and Policy of The Humane Society of the United States, and the editor-in-chief is Steven Harnad, founder of the journal "Behavioral and Brain Sciences". "Animal Sentience" launched in 2015. Its first issue appeared in 2016, and was in the news for