Donkey

The donkey or ass, mammal genus africanus asinus,[1][2] could be a domesticated member of the horse family, Equidae. The wild root of the donkey is that the African ass, E. africanus. The donkey has been used as a operating animal for a minimum of 5000 years. There area unit over forty million donkeys within the world, principally in underdeveloped countries, wherever they\'re used chiefly as draught or pack animals. operating donkeys area unit usually related to those living at or below subsistence levels. tiny numbers of donkeys area unit unbroken for breeding or as pets in developed countries.

A male donkey or ass is known a jack and a feminine a jenny or jennet;[3][4][5] a young donkey could be a foal.[5] Jack donkeys area unit usually wont to mate with feminine horses to supply mules.

Asses were initial domesticated around 3000 before Christ, in all probability in Egypt or geographical area,[6][7] and have unfold round the world. They still fill necessary roles in several places these days. whereas domesticated species area unit increasing in numbers, the African ass and another relative, the onager, area unit vulnerable. As beasts of burden and companions, asses and donkeys
have worked beside humans forillennia.