The dung of the Indian wild ass was analyzed using biotic and abiotic proxies to determine
its dietary habits in relation to the plant diversity and ecology in the arid region of western
India. The presence of both micro and macrobotanical remains of Poaceae,
Chenopodiaceae, and Fabaceae indicates they are the primary food plants of the wild ass.
The continuous recovery of arboreal pollen taxa chiefly, Prosopis, Acacia, and Ephedra is
indicative of dry thorny forest under semi-arid to arid conditions which display the existing …