| 41. | It derived its name from the kicking action of the machine, similar to that of an onager ( wild ass ).
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| 42. | The origins of the onager / bow combination design are unclear, but here are some examples found in the modern world:
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| 43. | Like many other large grazing animals, the onager's range has contracted greatly under the pressures of poaching and habitat loss.
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| 44. | The Persian onager was formerly known as " Equus onager ", as it was thought to be a distinct species.
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| 45. | The Persian onager was formerly known as " Equus onager ", as it was thought to be a distinct species.
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| 46. | The onager have been regionally extinct in Israel, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Jordan, Syria, and southern regions of Siberia.
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| 47. | Southern populations of onagers in the Middle East and South Asia tend to have a purely territorial life, where areas partly overlap.
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| 48. | Breeding is seasonal, and the gestation period of onagers is 11 months and the birth lasts a little more than 10 minutes.
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| 49. | Some of the species include Arabian oryx, Somali ostriches, Persian onagers ( an Asian wild ass from Iran ) and gazelles.
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| 50. | Between 100 and 300 AD, every Roman legion had a battery of ten onagers and 55 cheiroballistae hauled by teams of mules.
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