Open AccessTHE DOMESTICATED DONKEY: I – SPECIES CHARACTERISTICS
Author(s) -
Orhan Yılmaz
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
canadian journal of applied sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1925-7430
DOI - 10.21065/19257430.158.2
Subject(s) - donkey , domestication , ungulate , zoology , biology , ecology , domestic animal , taxonomy (biology) , evolutionary biology , habitat
The objective of this study is to define domestic donkey giving some information about species characters including taxonomy, origin, terms, ecology, form, lifespan, behaviour, vocal expression, colour, markings, and relationships with other species, religion and myth.The donkey is an odd-toed ungulate. Donkeys may be the only hoofed animal domesticated first in Africa, and apparently the first to be domesticated for transport.
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