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[20] [21] In July 2010, a zonkey was born at the Chestatee Wildlife Preserve in Dahlonega, Georgia. [22] Another zebra–donkey hybrid, like the Barbados zonkey sired by a donkey, was born 3 July 2011 in Haicang Safari Park, Haicang, Xiamen, China. [23] A zonkey, Ippo, was born 21 July 2013 in an animal reserve in Florence, Italy. [24]
Hybrids are named based on the sex and species of the parents. Hybrids are typically given a portmanteau name, combining the first half of the father’s name and the second half of the mother's name. For example, the cross between a male zebra and a female horse is a zorse. A cross between a male zebra and a female donkey is a zonkey.
Zeedonk or zonkey, a zebra/donkey cross. Zorse, a zebra/horse cross; Zony or zetland, a zebra/pony cross ("zony" is a generic term; "zetland" is specifically a hybrid of the Shetland pony breed with a zebra) Superfamily Rhinocerotoidea. Family Rhinocerotidae. Hybrids between black and white rhinoceroses have been recognized. Order Artiodactyla
A “zonkey” foal — a cross between a zebra and a donkey — was born in a Kenyan wildlife preserve in a rare event that has delighted officials.
The offspring of a zebra–donkey cross is called a zonkey, zebroid, zebrass, or zedonk; [87] zebra mule is an older term, but still used in some regions today. The foregoing terms generally refer to hybrids produced by breeding a male zebra to a female donkey. Zebra hinny, zebret and zebrinny all refer to the cross of a female zebra with a ...
Zonkey may refer to: Zonkey (zebroid), a donkey crossed with a zebra; Zonkey (Tijuana), donkeys painted with zebra stripes in Tijuana, Mexico;
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Other hybrids include the zorse, a cross between a zebra and a horse [30] and a zonkey or zedonk, a hybrid of a zebra and a donkey. [31] In areas where Grévy's zebras are sympatric with plains zebras, fertile hybrids do occur. [32] Ancient DNA identifies the Bronze Age kunga as a cross between the Syrian wild ass and the donkey.