Kiang

The Kiang (Equus kiang) is the largest of the Asinus subgenus. Kiangs live between an elevation of 2,700 and 5,300 meters (8,900 and 17,400 feet) in alpine meadows and steppe regions. They favor areas that are largely composed of grasses, sedges, and other low-lying vegetation, as well as wide valleys, low hills, and generally flat plateaus. In addition to providing them with sufficient fodder lacking in central Asia's more dry regions, this open landscape may also make it simpler for them to spot and escape from predators.

Their only real predator other than humans is the Himalayan wolf. Kiangs defend themselves by forming a circle, and with heads down, kick out violently. Wolves typically attack lone animals that have separated from the pack as a result. Kiangs occasionally form big herds that may contain several hundred animals. These herds, however, are merely transient assemblages made up either entirely of young males or of mares and their calves.