Persian variety of the wild ass, Equus hemionus (6)

I believe the answer is:

onager

(Other definitions for onager that I've seen before include "donkey" , "Creature" , "Strangely, the wild ass might be orange" , "Orange Asiatic ass" , "The ass is a strange orange" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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