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Donkey in Clovelly, North Devon, England🫏

Photo: Adrian Pingstone · Public domain

SpeciesPerissodactylaEquidae
Mammals

🫏Donkey

Equus asinus Linnaeus, 1758

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243
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Measurements
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Also called
Equus asinus, Ass, Burro, Domestic Ass
Conservation status
Not evaluated

The IUCN Red List has not assessed Equus asinus yet.

Key measurements
Body mass
165 kg
Body length
not recorded
Shoulder height
1.25 m
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
47 years
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Facts and figures

Everything we know about the Donkey

Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.

Body mass
165 kg
AnAge
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data quality: high

Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0

Shoulder height
1.25 m1.1–1.4 m · typical rangeat the shoulder
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ADW: "Both African wild asses and domestic donkeys have a shoulder height range between 110 and 140 cm." Range only; value is the midpoint.

Source: Pagan 2022, 'Equus asinus', Animal Diversity Web, https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Equus_asinus/ · see citation

Maximum lifespan
47 years
AnAge
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data quality: high

Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0

Gestation
359 days
AnAge
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data quality: high

Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0

Litter size
1
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data quality: high

Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0

Volume l
165 Laverage
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Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.

average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.

Not recorded for Donkey yet: body length, top speed, bite force.

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Family tree

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classMammalia
  4. ›orderPerissodactyla
  5. ›familyEquidae
  6. ›genusEquus
  7. ›speciesEquus asinus
Full lineage
  1. classMammals · Mammalia
  2. orderOdd-toed hoofed animals · Perissodactyla
  3. genusEquus
  4. subgenusAsinus
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. superclassSarcopterygii
  7. superclassTetrapoda
  8. classMammals · Mammalia
  9. subclassTheria
  10. superorderLaurasiatheria
  11. orderOdd-toed hoofed animals · Perissodactyla
  12. familyEquidae
  13. genusEquus
  14. subgenusAsinus
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In other languages
esel (nb), Equus asinus (de), Equus asinus (it), Equus asinus (es), Equus asinus (fr), Equus asinus (ru) … and 11 more languages

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