Order Perissodactyla Author Peter Grubb text 1993 Smithsonian Institution Press Washington and London Editor Don E. Wilson Editor DeeAnn M. Reeder Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition) 369 372 book chapter 193463 10.5281/zenodo.7353118 1a844384-63b6-48db-9a6e-5ef0bef8580f 1-56098-217-9 7353118 Equus kiang Moorcroft, 1841 . Travels in the Himalayan Provinces, 1:312 . TYPE LOCALITY: India , Kashmir, Ladak . DISTRIBUTION: Ladak ( India ), Tibet , Tsinghai and Szechwan ( China ), adjacent Nepal and Sikkim ( India ). SYNONYMS: equioides, holdereri, nepalensis, polyodon, tafeli. COMMENTS: Revised by Groves and Mazak (1967) , who with Bennett (1980) separated kiang from hemionus ; but Schlawe (1986) regarded kiang as a subspecies of hemionus .