Definition of "asse"

and the little Asse Fox (Canis chama).

1906, Praagh, L. V, The Transvaal and its mines : the encyclopedic history of the Transvaal‎

South of the Zambezi the group reappears in the shape of the asse-fox or fennec, (V. cama), a dark-coloured species, with a black tip to the long, bushy tail and reddish-brown ears.

1910, Encyclopædia Britannica 1911 ed. Vol. 10‎, page 769

Foxes involved include the long-eared Asse Fox or Cape Fox (Vulpes chania) and the bat-eared fox

1973, West, Geoffrey P. (Geoffrey Philip), Rabies in animals & man‎, New York, Arco