The extant population of feral donkeys
(Equus africanus f. asinus) living in the
Dhaid-al-Madam plain (Emirate Sharjah, United Arab
Emirates) is employed as a landmark population for
the establishment of a mesowear database in donkeys.
In cooperation with Prof. H. P. Uerpmann (Tübingen)
the world wide largest collection of skulls, postcranial
bones, DNA-samples, faeces, and food plants from this
habitat was established.
Funding: German Research Foundation (DFG)