2006-11-06 02:27:46 · 9 answers · asked by horizonguy 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
a donkey is a unique organism while a mule is the offsrping between a donkey and a horse.
Mules are sterile and cannot breed.
2006-11-06 02:31:29 · answer #1 · answered by The Cheminator 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In its common modern meaning, a mule is the offspring of a male donkey and a female horse. Compare hinny – the offspring of a male horse and a female donkey. The term "mule" (Latin mulus) was formerly applied to the offspring of any two creatures of different species – in modern usage, a "hybrid".
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2006-11-06 23:05:37 · answer #2 · answered by catzpaw 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A donkey is an actual breed; a mule is a hybrid, sterile mix between a horse and a donkey. Mules cannot produce offspring.
Donkeys and horses can.
2006-11-06 02:41:07 · answer #3 · answered by cmpbush 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Donkey: The donkey or ***, Equus asinus, is a domesticated animal of the horse family, Equidae
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donkey
Mule: In its common modern meaning, a mule is the offspring of a male donkey and a female horse. Compare hinny – the offspring of a male horse and a female donkey. The term "mule" (Latin mulus) was formerly applied to the offspring of any two creatures of different species – in modern usage, a "hybrid".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mule
2006-11-06 02:32:33 · answer #4 · answered by Insight 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mule: A domesticated, hybrid animal that results from crossing a mare (female horse) and a jack (male donkey).
Donkey: A domesticated ***.
***: A four-footed, hoofed mammal related to the horse, but smaller, with longer ears and a shorter mane, shorter hair on the tail, and a dark stripe along the back.
So, it seems the aforementioned jackass is simply a male ***. The main difference between the jackass and the donkey is their domestication -- the *** is wild; the donkey is domesticated.
2006-11-06 02:40:19 · answer #5 · answered by mom2all 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A mule is the result of the cross breading of a donkey and a horse. This is the only way that god has allowed these creatures to be created as they are infertile and cannot produce offspring.
2006-11-06 02:32:06 · answer #6 · answered by Jerzy B 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
DONKEY: the domestic ***
Mule: the sterile offspring of a female horse and a male donkey, valued as a work animal, having strong muscles, a body shaped like a horse, and donkeylike long ears, small
2006-11-06 02:37:54 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A mule is half donky and half horse!
2006-11-06 02:30:38 · answer #8 · answered by John S 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a donkey is smaller then a mule, a donkey is grey, a mule is brown,
2006-11-06 03:28:06 · answer #9 · answered by US 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋