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A pair of wild asses have made their debut at the Denver Zoo.
Kalifa and Kamowa, half-brothers from the San Diego Wild Animal Park, are the first Somali wild asses to call the zoo home, a news release from the Denver Zoo said.
Kalifa was born at the park in July 2008. His younger brother, Kamowa was born in February 2009.
Somali wild asses are found in the arid grasslands, rocky hills and semi-deserts of northern Ethiopa and Somalia, the zoo said. Less than 1,000 can still be found in the wild.
The International Union for Conservation of Nature classifies them as critically endangered. Somali wild asses are commonly hunted for food and traditional medicine.
