Criteria met:  High volume (globally threatened), sharp increase

Principal trade term to the EU:  skulls

Percentage of global trade to the EU:  100%

Principal source:  wild

Top EU importer:  Germany

Top Trading Partner:  Mongolia

CITES Appendix:  I

IUCN Status:  Endangered (assessed as Equus hemionus)

EU-reported imports in 2010 comprised 50 wild-sourced skulls imported by Germany directly from Mongolia for scientific purposes. The only other trade in E. hemionus hemionus to the EU over the ten-year period 2001-2010 was the import of 250 wild-sourced skulls by Germany from Mongolia in 2004, also for scientific purposes.