▁Indian ▁wild ▁ass ▁( Equ us ▁hem ion us ▁k h ur ) ▁also ▁called ▁the ▁Gh ud kh ur , ▁Kh ur ▁or ▁Indian ▁on ager ▁in ▁the ▁local ▁Gu jar ati ▁language , ▁is ▁a ▁sub species ▁of ▁the ▁on ager ▁native ▁to ▁Southern ▁Asia . ▁ ▁It ▁is ▁currently ▁listed ▁as ▁Near ▁Th re aten ed ▁by ▁IU CN . ▁At ▁the ▁previous ▁census ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 9 , ▁estimated ▁ 4 , 0 3 8 ▁Indian ▁wild ▁ass . ▁However , ▁the ▁population ▁was ▁still ▁growing . ▁In ▁December ▁ 2 0 1 4 , ▁the ▁population ▁was ▁estimated ▁at ▁ 4 , 4 5 1 ▁individuals . ▁It ▁has ▁increased ▁from ▁a ▁jump ▁of ▁ 4 5 4 . ▁However , ▁as ▁of ▁ 2 0 1 5 , ▁the ▁current ▁ ▁Indian ▁wild ▁ass ▁population ▁has ▁increased ▁to ▁more ▁than ▁ 4 , 8 0 0 ▁individuals ▁in ▁and ▁outside ▁of ▁the ▁Wild ▁Ass ▁Wild life ▁San ctu ary ▁of ▁India . ▁ ▁Phys ical ▁description ▁The ▁Indian ▁wild ▁ass , ▁as ▁with ▁most ▁other ▁Asian ▁wild ▁ass ▁sub species , ▁is ▁quite ▁different ▁from ▁the ▁African ▁wild ▁ass ▁species . ▁The ▁coat ▁is ▁usually ▁sand y , ▁but ▁var ies ▁from ▁re dd ish ▁grey , ▁fa wn , ▁to ▁pale ▁ch est nut . ▁The ▁animal ▁poss esses ▁an ▁ere ct , ▁dark ▁man e ▁which ▁runs ▁from ▁the ▁back ▁of ▁the ▁head ▁and ▁along ▁the ▁neck . ▁The ▁man e ▁is ▁then