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Hinny. A hinny is a domestic equine hybrid, the offspring of a male horse (a stallion) and a female donkey (a jenny). It is the reciprocal cross to the more common mule, which is the product of a male donkey (a jack) and a female horse (a mare). The hinny is distinct from the mule both in physiology and temperament as a consequence of genomic ...
Mule. The mule is a domestic equine hybrid between a donkey and a horse. It is the offspring of a male donkey (a jack) and a female horse (a mare). [1][2] The horse and the donkey are different species, with different numbers of chromosomes; of the two possible first-generation hybrids between them, the mule is easier to obtain and more common ...
Horses can breed with Przewalski's horse to produce fertile hybrids. Mule, a cross of female horse and a male donkey. Hinny, a cross between a female donkey and a male horse. Mules and hinnies are examples of reciprocal hybrids. Kunga, a cross between a donkey and a Syrian wild ass. Zebroids. Zeedonk or zonkey, a zebra/donkey cross. Zorse, a ...
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. Horse-donkey crosses are an exception to this naming convention. A mule is the cross between female horse and male donkey. A hinny is the cross of male horse and female donkey; mules and hinnies are reciprocal ...
small donkey of Mexico and the U.S. seen in both domesticated and feral states; some feral burros in the western U.S. are protected by federal law [2] Burro Criollo. El Salvador. Burro da Ilha Graciosa. Burro Anão da Graciosa. Portugal. endangered, 90 left [4] Burro do Miranda.
The Baudet du Poitou, also called the Poitevin or Poitou donkey, is a French breed of donkey. It is one of the largest breeds, and jacks (donkey stallions) were bred to mares of the Poitevin horse breed to produce Poitevin mules, which were formerly in worldwide demand for agricultural and other work. The Baudet has a distinctive coat, which ...
A mule (horse and donkey hybrid) Equine species can crossbreed with each other. The most common hybrid is the mule, a cross between a male donkey and a female horse. With rare exceptions, these hybrids are sterile and cannot reproduce. [28] A related hybrid, a hinny, is a cross between a male horse and a female donkey. [29]
A zebroid is the offspring of any cross between a zebra and any other equine to create a hybrid. In most cases, the sire is a zebra stallion. The offspring of a donkey sire and zebra dam, called a donkra, and the offspring of a horse sire and a zebra dam, called a hebra, do exist, but are rare and are usually sterile.