please answer this question - i need it for school!
"Are horses and donkeys of the same species? Use the mule to explain your answer."
Thanks so much!
2007-02-01 13:54:23 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
One of the criteria for a species is that the offspring are fertile (can breed). A mule is the offspring of a horse and a donkey, but a mule is not fertile so horses and donkeys are different species according to that criterion.
2007-02-01 14:11:28 · answer #1 · answered by iansand 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Use the search box in wikipedia, and look up horse, donkey, and mule.
2007-02-01 13:58:50 · answer #2 · answered by morningfoxnorth 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Horses and donkeys are different species within the genus Equus. They have different numbers of chromosomes.
2007-02-01 17:48:17 · answer #3 · answered by tentofield 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes they are. a mule is what you get when you mate a horse and a donkey. hope that helps!
2007-02-01 14:00:43 · answer #4 · answered by dot_ridr 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
because humans are more distantly related to monkeys than horses are to donkeys. In the same way it is possible to inter-breed lions and tigers but not, say, lions and cheetahs or pumas.
2016-05-24 03:56:21 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋