Donkeys
THE DONKEY - Equus asinus
Donkeys are related to horses and zebras. They are all members of the family ‘equus’, i.e. they are equines.
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The Poitou donkey breed was developed in France for the sole purpose of producing mules. It is a large donkey breed with a very long shaggy coat and no dorsal stripe.
Donkey
Mammal. The smallest member of the horse family, the donkey was first domesticated about six thousand years ago. Donkeys can perform the same gaits as horses, but generally don't gallop. They can run up to 50 kilometers (31 miles) per hour.
Donkey
Equus asinus
Donkeys are large, hoofed mammals that live in family groups on grasslands. Also called asses, these pack animals eat grasses, shrubs, and other desert plants; they are nomadic herbivores.
Donkey is a nickname for the ass, used in all parts of the world. The small gray donkey of northern Africa was the progenitor of the Spanish burro, which accompanied the conquistadors to Mexico and South America, ...
Miniature Mediterranean Donkeys
The Kids' Farm exhibits four gelded male miniature Mediterranean donkeys. The donkeys were received from the Lazy H Donkette Korral in Saylorsburg, Pennsylvania.
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Physical Characters
Life Span of donkey is about 25-40 years. Height is about 36" to 38". Weight of donkey varies form 200 to 450 pounds.
Miniature Donkeys are very healthy animals. They require the same yearly vaccinations as equine. They should also be dewormed, with an equine dewormer, at a minimum of three times per year, preferably six times per year.
Donkey (Equus sp.)
The Donkey is a domesticated version of the wild ass.
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Coyote The lone coyote is a symbol of the American West. In reality, coyotes are not solitary animals. They mate for life and sometimes hunt in packs, mostly at night.
Donkeys are adapted to marginal desert lands, and have many traits that are unique to the species as a result. Wild donkeys live separated from each other, unlike tight wild horse and feral horse herds.
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Donkeys are hoofed mammals adapted to desert life.
Elasmotherium
Elasmotherium was a rhinoceros-like mammal that lived in the steppes of Eurasia during the Pleistocene.
Donkey and horse milk have the lowest fat content, while the milk of seals and whales can contain more than 50% fat.[31][32] High fat content is not unique to aquatic mammals, as guinea pig milk has an average fat content of 46%.[33] ...
The donkey is still used as a pack and draft animal. Although not as swift or powerful as the horse, it is strong for its size and has great powers of endurance.
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the African game-donkey is acute threatened by the extermination today. it was earlier widespread over the whole northern Africa once. Today, it only ...
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'Pajama-donkey' or 'horse in a rugby-jersey', as it is often refered to by children, and in the early 1800s, plains zebras were called the wild horses of Africa. Read more ...
The African ass is a grey-coated relative of our domestic donkey living in the rocky deserts of Africa.
African buffalo
A stocky member of the cow family from Africa. The females form protective herds whilst the males are mostly solitary.
In his writings, he remarked of his surprise when the native Wambutti pygmies didn't marvel at his horses, saying that they sometimes caught a donkey-like animal in their pits, which they called o'api (misinterpreted by Stanley as atti).
Although some of these elephants are believed not to have been larger than donkeys, the height of others may be estimated at from 4 to 5 ft., or practically the same as that of the dwarf Congo race.
The okapi seems to be a blend of various animals-part zebra, part donkey, and part antelope-but its closest living relative is the giraffe.
They are also referred to as the "jackass penguin" because of its ability to emit a loud, braying donkey-like call.
Today, all odd-toed hoofed mammals except domestic horses and donkeys are sparse in number. Many species are endangered and at risk of extinction.
Grevy's zebras communicate with each other with a loud donkey-like bray.
The stripe pattern of a zebra is as unique as a fingerprint. Every zebra is striped differently, allowing individuals to be identified by their stripe pattern.
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*** The African wild ass is the ancestor of the domestic donkey.
*** The African wild ass has been clocked running at up to 50 kph (31 mph).
*** Mules are the hybrid offspring of a male ass (donkey) and a female horse. Mules are usually sterile.
Human activity and introduced animals, such as feral donkeys and goats, threaten many S. cheesmaniae populations. In addition, introduced tomato species have the potential to genetically contaminate the endemic species through interbreeding (2) (3).
They are, however, more closely related to zebras, donkeys, horses and rhinoceros. All of these animals fall into the order Perissodactyla, or odd-toed ungulates (ungulates meaning "having hooves").
Ass Animal of the same genus as the horse and the the zebra, widely known in its domesticated state as the donkey. True wild asses are still found in Africa and in Asia but some are thought to be nearly extinct.
The African Wild Ass (Equus asinus) is the direct ancestor of our domestic donkey and is the rarest mammal on the planet.
In the desert, without water, a camel can survive up to ten times as long as a human and 4 times as long as a donkey.
Camels do not like wet conditions, but they tolerate variations in temperature ranging from -16F to 120F.
Horses are equines, along with zebras and donkeys. The more than 300 domestic horse breeds are descended from wild horses. One wild ancestor, the Asian Wild Horse, can be found on the Zoo's Northern Trail.
The African wild ass is the wild ancestor of the domestic ass, which is commonly known as donkey or burro. The ass has been domesticated for 6 000 years. The two can still interbreed and are considered to be the same species.
Andelt, W.F. 2001. Livestock guard dogs, llamas and donkeys. Colorado State University, Cooperative Extension Service, Publication 1.218, 7pp.
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Ears are large and donkey like with thick fur inside which aids their hearing. Smell and hearing are very acute. They have good peripheral vision to scan large areas for predators.
Horses (Equus caballus) and donkeys (Equus asinus) are easily told apart even without study or training, and yet are so closely related that they can interbreed after a fashion.
Dark brown stripes on the body are narrow, positioned close together, and do not cover the belly which is white. Mane is tall and erect, unlike a horse's; ears are large and donkey like with thick fur inside.
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Equus comes from the ancient Greek word meaning quickness. Horses are mammals in the same family as zebras, mules and donkeys.
The laughing kookaburra got its common name from the loud territorial sound that it makes. The calls are often mistaken for many different animals, such as donkeys or monkeys.
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The roundtable recommends a compensation program for wolf depredation to dogs under the supervised control of the owner, and livestock guard animals including llamas, donkeys and, dogs.
They have exceptional hearing and eyesight. When a threat is perceived, a zebra will run and can reach speeds up to 40 mph. The plains zebra has a bark quite unlike the neigh of a horse or the bray of a donkey. Their alarm signal is a yelping bark.
The Primitive Zebra: The Grevy's zebra is the largest of all the wild equines (horses), and the most primitive of the three zebra species. Stripes aside, it's more similar to a donkey than to other zebras.
Less closely related species can interbreed, such as horses and donkeys, but their offspring are infertile. It appears that Ctenosaura, the black or spiny-tailed iguana of Central America, is ancestral to both Galapagos iguanas.
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Regarding the ugly name, I protest my innocence as the bird is called "Mouse buzzard" in German, or sometimes - inofficially - Cat Eagle (due to its call) - and the latter absolutely kicks donkeys.
 See also: Zebra, Ass, Hippo, Cattle, Wild Ass
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