The Kiang is a species closely related to the donkey. It is found on the Tibetan Plateau in Ladakh, northern Pakistan, Tajikistan, China and northern Nepal. It lives in montane grasslands and shrublands. Other common names for this species include Tibetan wild ass, khyang and gorkhar.
It is closely related to the Onager, and indeed, some classifications list the Kiang as a subspecies of the Onager (though most agree that it is too genetically diverse for them to be classed as the same species.
Three subspecies of kiangs are currently recognised: