What is Zonkey?

Zonkey is a hybrid between a female donkey, called a Jennet and a male zebra. Like the mules, these hybrids are sterile. Zonkeys are deliberately kept in the zoo and private breeders, but zebras and donkeys can also behave without human interference and Zonkeys sometimes appear in the wild. The legs are usually long and completely undressed and the body may or may not have stripes or mixed with a donkey coat. Usually the coat is brown or gray shadow, while striing is a basic black and white design that can be seen in all zebras. Zonkeys are about 3.5-5 feet (1–1.5 m) high and a weight of around 500–700 (227–318 kg) pounds. They can run about 35 miles per hour (54 km/hour).

Although Zonkeys are more freked by private breeders or in the zoo, sometimes zebras and donkeys will breed without human intervention. Zebras and donkeys actually combine more easily than donkeys and horses, or zebras and horses because zebras and donkeys shareMany of the same behavior and behavior of behavior and courtship. For example, in 2010, the donkey gave birth to Zonkey in the wild game park in Georgia, without her breeders realizing that she was mating with the male zebra. The zebras and donkeys were held in the same cover as other similar wild parks, because the domesticated donkeys tend to have a calming effect on wild zebras.

with sharper instincts, Zonkeys are more cautious than donkeys or horses and respond faster to perceived danger because of their wild heritage. In general, at least four generations of breeding hybrids take each other to domesticate a breed that even one wild parent has. Until the breed is domesticated, it is considered a hybrid of its parents. Therefore, Zonkeys have their own scientific name and are scientifically referred to as the cross between the donkey, equus asinus and zebra, equus burchelli .

Zonkey, however, can be trained just like a donkey or horse for work or show. Some programs of open horses may have PRO these hybrids even a specific class. There are several breeders in the USA who specialize in hybrid crosses of horse.

The general term for zebra hybrid is Zebroid. Zonkeys are also called the Zedons, although the term Zedons can be more often applied to the mother of zebra and father of Osli. Zebras can also be exceeded with horses, resulting in ZORS.