The onager (/ˈɒnədʒər/)(Equus hemionus), also known as hemione or Asiatic wild ass, is a species of the family Equidae native to Asia. A member of the...

throwing arm. The onager was first mentioned in 353 AD by Ammianus Marcellinus, who described onagers as the same as a scorpion. The onager is often confused...

The Persian onager (Equus hemionus onager), also called the Persian wild ass or Persian zebra, is a subspecies of onager (Asiatic wild ass) native to Iran...

hemionus khur Turkmenian kulan, Equus hemionus kulan Persian onager or gur, Equus hemionus onager Syrian wild ass or achdari, †Equus hemionus hemippus (extinct...

divergencies are the Asian hemiones (subgenus E. (Asinus), including the kulan, onager, and kiang), followed by the African zebras (subgenera E. (Dolichohippus)...

as a hemippe, an achdari, or a Mesopotamian or Syrian onager, is an extinct subspecies of onager native to the Arabian Peninsula and surrounding areas...

Indian wild ass Equus hemionus kulan Turkmenian kulan Equus hemionus onager Persian onager Equus kiang Kiang Equus kiang chu Northern kiang Equus kiang kiang...

projectiles. Evidence for the usage of torsion siege weapons such as the onager exist only up until the 6th century, when they were superseded by traction...

ballista and a one-armed, vertical version otherwise referred to as an onager. The scorpion was made of a ground frame made of two beams joined together...

hemionus), also known as Mongolian khulan, is the nominate subspecies of the onager. It is found in southern Mongolia and northern China. It was previously...

 alaskae Binomial name †Equus alaskae Winans 1989 Synonyms Equus conversidens leoni Equus niobrarensis alaskae Equus lambei Hay 1917 Onager lambei Hay 1917...

divergencies are the Asian hemiones (subgenus E. (Asinus), including the kulan, onager, and kiang), followed by the African zebras (subgenera E. (Dolichohippus)...

also called Transcaspian wild ass, Turkmenistani onager or simply the kulan, is a subspecies of onager (Asiatic wild ass) native to Central Asia. It was...

Synonyms Asinus conversidens (Owen, 1869) Equus barcenaei Cope 1884 Equus barcenoei Cope 1884 Equus (Hemionus) conversidens Onager zoyatalis Mooser 1959...

Mortar Organ gun Petrary weapons Catapult Hu Dun Pao trebuchet Mangonel Onager Trebuchet Rocket powered weapons Byzantine rocket launcher Huo Che rocket...

the Indian wild donkey, Indian onager or, in the local Gujarati language, Ghudkhur and Khur, is a subspecies of the onager native to South Asia. It is currently...

divergencies are the Asian hemiones (subgenus E. (Asinus), including the kulan, onager, and kiang), followed by the African zebras (subgenera E. (Dolichohippus)...

it was also less complex and faster to reload than the torsion-powered onager which it replaced in early Medieval Europe. It was replaced as the primary...

africanus African wild ass; includes domestic donkey 62 Equus hemionus Onager, hemione, or Asiatic wild ass 56 Equus kiang Kiang 52 Equus (horses) Equus...

Grévy's zebra, the mountain zebra, and Przewalski's horse as endangered, the onager as vulnerable, the plains zebra as near threatened, and the kiang as least...

eventually wheels were added to increase mobility. Onager Mangonels are also sometimes referred to as Onagers. Onager catapults initially launched projectiles from...

A depiction of an onager-drawn cart on the Sumerian "War" panel of the Standard of Ur (c. 2500 BCE)...

trebuchet was created mainly to distinguish this type of weapon from the onager, a torsion powered catapult that is often conflated in contemporary sources...

not agree on all definitions. Perhaps best known are the ballista, the onager, and the scorpio. After the absorption of the ancient Greek city states...

Kiang (E. kiang) Onager (E. hemionus)...

hemionus khur) Turkmenian kulan (Equus hemionus kulan) Persian onager (Equus hemionus onager) †European wild ass (Equus hemionus hydruntinus) Kiang/Tibetan...

of Zoology. Retrieved 8 January 2013. Grogan, Jill. "Equus hemionus onager: onager". Animal Diversity Web. University of Michigan Museum of Zoology. Retrieved...

Animal names are often used for military machinery, as with the Roman onager and various Bronze Age Assyrian siege engines which were often covered with...

The Pereh (Hebrew: פרא: Onager) is an Israeli anti-tank missile carrier, disguised as a tank. Serving the Israel Defense Forces in the role of precision...

hemionus khur) Turkmenian kulan (Equus hemionus kulan) Persian onager (Equus hemionus onager) †European wild ass (Equus hemionus hydruntinus) Kiang/Tibetan...