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    1) Donkeys commonly have light colored areas around their eyes, muzzle, belly, and inside of legs. They also often have dark markings on their ears and legs. 2) Donkeys and horses both belong to the Equidae family but have some morphological differences. Donkeys have longer ears, higher and more flexible hooves, and straighter backs compared to horses. 3) When compared to cattle, donkeys have some advantages like being able to travel longer distances on less food. However, cattle are stronger and can carry heavier loads than donkeys.

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    1) Donkeys commonly have light colored areas around their eyes, muzzle, belly, and inside of legs. They also often have dark markings on their ears and legs. 2) Donkeys and horses both belong to the Equidae family but have some morphological differences. Donkeys have longer ears, higher and more flexible hooves, and straighter backs compared to horses. 3) When compared to cattle, donkeys have some advantages like being able to travel longer distances on less food. However, cattle are stronger and can carry heavier loads than donkeys.

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    Can J App Sci 2012; 4(2): 339-353 Orhan et al.

    , 2012

    • There are commonly light areas or ‘points’ around the eyes (eye rings), muzzle and belly
    and on the insides of the legs. When these areas are light, so, also, is the inside of the
    ears.
    • Many donkeys also have dark markings on the ears, and as ‘garters’(or zebra marks)
    around the legs or as ‘zippers’down the inside of the forelegs.
    • Smaller dark markings can often be found on the side of the neck (collar buttons), and
    above and below the eyes – see Fig. 12.

    Figure 17. Thriving on dry grass(www.donkeypower.donkecology.com)


    Relationships with other species
    Donkeys and horses
    Both belong to the Equidae family, but there are some morphological differences, which can
    make a difference to the equipment which each can use. For instance, points nine, 10 and 11
    below mean that donkeys cannot be efficiently or comfortably saddled and hitched in the
    same way as horses.
    1. The donkey only has chestnuts (epidermal callosities) on the inner surfaces only of its
    forelegs, whereas the horse has them on all four legs.
    2. The donkey has a long head with a big nasal cavity compared to the horse’s short and
    wide head.
    3. The ears of donkeys are longer than 20 cm, and hairy, but the ears of horses are shorter
    than 15 cm in adults in length and less hairy.
    4. Donkey hoofs are higher, smaller, narrower, longer and more flexible than horse hoofs,
    whereas horse hooves are lower, bigger, rounder and broader and more of a unit.
    5. Pasterns are more upright in a donkey than in a horse, i.e. the angle between the
    donkey’s hoof and the ground is steeper.
    6. A forehead blaze is rare and nose blaze and white socks virtually unknown on donkeys,
    whereas horses often have these.
    7. The donkey tail is terminally tufted, a ‘broom tail’, with long hair confined to the distal
    half, but the horse’s whole tail is long-haired, long hairs growing from its base.
    8. A donkey neck is straighter than a horse’s neck.
    9. The donkey has virtually no withers, and it is not prominent as in horses – in other
    words, the donkey scapulae are on a level with its anterior spine.

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    10. A donkey’s crupper and rump are also not as pronounced as those of horses, it pelvis
    having a slightly different angle compared to that of a horse.
    11. A donkey generally has a straight back and a dipped loin, with the spine pitched slightly
    above the ribs, whereas a horse commonly has a slightly swayed back and is level across
    the spine and rib joins and over the pelvis.
    12. The donkey mane is usually coarse, stiff and upright, but all horse manes are long-
    haired.
    13. A forelock is generally absent on donkeys, but all horses have forelocks.
    14. In an emergency situation donkeys behave purposefully and calmly, regrouping if they
    can and facing the danger, but horses can bolt for long distances.
    15. The gestation period for a donkey can vary between 10 and 14 months, but the gestation
    of a horse is about 11 months or 336 days.7, 9, 14, 18

    Figure 18. Jenny and foal (Photo by Shaun Figure 19.Jenny and foal (Photo by Shaun
    Farmer) Farmer)

    Figure 20.Jenny and foal (Photo by Shaun Figure 21.A happy rider (Photo by
    Farmer) MashuduMaroge)

    Donkeys and cattle


    When a donkey is compared to an ox, there are some advantages and disadvantages to be
    considered (Table 2):

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