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The American Mammoth Jackstock is a breed of North American donkey, descended from large donkeys imported to the United States from about 1785. George Washington, with Henry Clay and others, bred for an ass that could be used to produce strong work mules. Washington was offering his jacks for stud service by 1788.
[4]: 9 In 1888 the American Breeders Association of Jacks and Jennets started a stud-book for these animals under the name American Mammoth Jack. [4]: 9 In 1923, this stud book merged with the Standard Jack and Jennet Registry of America, which had been set up in 1908; in 1988, its name was changed to the American Mammoth Jackstock Registry.
Due to high purchase and transportation costs, the breed played a smaller role in the development of the Mammoth Jack than some breeders would have preferred. [13] Imports to the US continued until at least 1937, when a successful breeding jack name Kaki, who stood 16.2 hands (66 inches, 168 cm) high, was brought to the country. The 1940s ...
Romulus is 20–21 years old and has been measured at 17 hands (68 inches, 173 cm) from hooves to withers. [2] [3] Romulus weighs about 1,300 pounds (590 kg).Romulus and Remus are American Mammoth Jackstock donkeys, [1] the world's largest donkey breed. [4]
Italy: Monte Amiata, province of Grosseto, Tuscany: Asino dell'Irpinia: Italy: extinct; provinces of Benevento and Avellino: Asino di Castel Morrone: Castel Morrone: Italy: probably extinct; around Castel Morrone in the Province of Caserta, Campania
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An adult male donkey is a jack or jackass, an adult female is a jenny or jennet, [4] [5] [6] and an immature donkey of either sex is a foal. [6] Jacks are often mated with female horses (mares) to produce mules ; the less common hybrid of a male horse (stallion) and jenny is a hinny .
The term mammoth donkey or mammoth jack is both an informal term for a large male donkey and a term sometimes applied generically to some specific large donkey breeds or landraces. The American mammoth donkey or mammoth jack; The baudet de Poitou or Poitevin donkey