Order Perissodactyla Author Wilson, Don E. Author Reeder, DeeAnn text 2005 The Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1 629 636 book chapter 0-8018-8221-4 10.5281/zenodo.7316519 Equus kiang Moorcroft 1841 Equus kiang Moorcroft 1841 , Travels in the Himalayan Provinces, Vol. 1: 312 . Type Locality: "Ladak" ( India , Kashmir). Vernacular Names: Kiang . Subspecies: : Subspecies Equus kiang subsp. kiang Moorcroft 1841 Subspecies Equus kiang subsp. holdereri Matschie 1911 Subspecies Equus kiang subsp. polyodon Hodgson 1847 Distribution: Ladak ( India ), Tibet , Tsinghai and Szechwan ( China ), adjacent Nepal and Sikkim ( India ). Conservation: CITES – Appendix I; IUCN – Data deficient as E. k. kiang and E. k. polyodon , Lower Risk (lc) as E. k. holdereri . Discussion: Revised by Groves and Mazák (1967) and Groves (1986), who with Bennett (1980) separated kiang from hemionus ; Schlawe (1986) regarded kiang as a subspecies of hemionus .