It ranges in northwestern Kenya (from Uasin Gishu and Lake Baringo) to the Karamoja district of Uganda.

It is also found in eastern South Sudan, east of the White Nile (for example, in Boma National Park).

The last remaining substantial population is in Kidepo Valley National Park.

[2] He gave it the name Equus borensis based on a type specimen collected near the town of Bor in South Sudan.

Also in 1954 by Tony Henley, then a ranger in the game department of the Protectorate of Uganda based in Moroto and in charge of Karamoja District.