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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 than the hinny, which is the offspring of a male horse ...
US Army Transportation Museum page on the M274 Mule; Olive-Drab website on the M274 [dead link ] Bill Watson's M274 Mule website "Jungle Buggy Packs A Load" , May 1948, Popular Science vehicle from which M27 evolved; Vehicle lunarization study, US Army M-274 'Mule' vehicle. Volume 2, part 1: Technical discussion [dead link ]
The mule deer is the larger of the three Odocoileus species on average, with a height of 80–106 cm (31–42 in) at the shoulders and a nose-to-tail length ranging from 1.2 to 2.1 m (3.9 to 6.9 ft). Of this, the tail may comprise 11.6 to 23 cm (4.6 to 9.1 in).
Mule production was an important industry in Poitou for three hundred years or more, and the number of mule foal births may have reached 30,000 per year. [2]: 40 In the early twentieth century there were about 50,000 Poitevin Mulassier brood mares, which gave birth to some 18,000–20,000 mule foals per year. [3]: 156
In order to breed large mules, the original breeders of the Poitou chose animals with large features, such as ears, heads and leg joints. The ears developed to such an extent that their weight sometimes causes them to be carried horizontally. Minimum height is 1.40 m (55 in) for jacks and 1.35 m (53 in) for jennies. [16]
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Weight to be carried is the first factor to consider. The average horse can carry up to approximately 30% of its body weight. [19] Thus a 1,000 pounds (450 kg) horse cannot carry more than 300 pounds (140 kg). A load carried by a packhorse also has to be balanced, with weight even on both sides to the greatest degree possible.