List of donkey breeds

This list of breeds of domestic donkey is based on country reports to the international DAD-IS database.[1]

## Breeds

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Breed name | English name if used | Country | Notes | Image

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Abkhazskaya |  | Russian Federation |  |
Abyssinian |  | Ethiopia |  |
Algerian |  | Algeria | draught or meat animal; chestnut or grey[2] |

* American Mammoth Jackstock
* Mammoth
* Mammoth Jackstock

|  | USA | size breed: any large donkey over a size limit[3] |
Anatolian |  | Turkey |  |
Âne Africain |  | Central African Republic, Chad |  |
Afghan donkey |  | Afghanistan |  |
Âne du Bourbonnais | Bourbonnais | France |  |
Âne du Cotentin | Cotentin | France |  |
Âne du Gourma |  | Mali |  |
Âne du Miankala |  | Mali |  |
Âne du plateau Dogon |  | Mali |  |
Âne du Sahel |  | Mall |  |
Âne du Yatenga |  | Mali |  |
Âne locale |  | Madagascar |  |
Âne Normand | Norman | France |  |
Âne Petit Gris du Berry |  | France | extinct |
Âne |  | Togo |  |
Âne wallon |  | Belgium |  |
Anger |  | Iran |  |
Armyanskaya |  | Armenia |  |
Asin |  | Niger |  |
Asino dell’Asinara | Asinara | Italy | critically endangered; indigenous to the Isola dell'Asinara, Sardinia |
Asino Argentato di Sologno |  | Italy |  |
Asino Baio Lucano |  | Italy |  |

* Asino dell’Amiata
* Amiatina

|  | Italy | Monte Amiata, province of Grosseto, Tuscany |
Asino dell'Irpinia |  | Italy | extinct; provinces of Benevento and Avellino |
Asino di Castel Morrone | Castel Morrone | Italy | probably extinct; around Castel Morrone in the Province of Caserta, Campania |
Asino di Martina Franca | Martina Franca | Italy | Martina Franca and neighbouring areas in south-east Murgia, in the Metropolitan City of Bari and the provinces of Taranto and Brindisi in Puglia |
Asino di Sant'Alberto |  | Italy | extinct; province of Forlì-Cesena |
Asino Emiliano |  | Italy | extinct |

* Asino Grigio Siciliano
* Grigio Siciliano

|  | Italy | Sicily |

* Asino Pantesco
* Asino di Pantelleria
* Pantesco

|  | Italy | from the island of Pantelleria, Sicily |
Asino Pugliese |  | Italy | Puglia; regional variants include the Asino delle Marche, Asino della Basilicata and Asino Leccese |
Asino Ragusano | Ragusano | Italy | from Ragusa in Sicily, and neighbouring areas |
Asino Romagnolo | Romagnolo | Italy | from Emilia–Romagna |
Sardinian donkey Asino Sardo | Sardinian | Italy | from Sardinia |
Asino Sardo Grigio Crociato |  | Italy | from Sardinia |
Asnal Criolin |  | Cuba |  |
Asno |  | Chile |  |
Asno Americana |  | Cuba |  |
Asno Andaluz | Andalusian | Spain |  |
Asno Balear |  | Spain |  |
Asno Criollo |  | Venezuela |  |
Asno de las Encartaciones |  | Spain | Basque country |
Australian donkey |  | Australia |  |
Barockesel | Austrian-Hungarian White Donkey | Austria |  |
Azerbaidzhanskaya |  | Azerbaijan |  |
Baudet du Poitou |

* Poitevin
* Poitou

| France | the Poitou donkey was developed for the sole purpose of the jacks being mated with mares to produce mules. It is a large donkey breed with a very long shaggy coat and no dorsal stripe |
Benderi |  | Iran |  |
Biyang |  | China |  |
Bourik |  | Haiti |  |
Brasil |  | Venezuela |  |
Bulgaro |  | Venezuela |  |
Bulgarian donkey |  | Bulgaria |  |
Burro |  | Mexico, Nicaragua, United States | small donkey of Mexico and the U.S. seen in both domesticated and feral states; some feral burros in the western U.S. are protected by federal law[2] |
Burro Criollo |  | El Salvador |  |

* Burro da Ilha Graciosa
* Burro Anão da Graciosa

|  | Portugal | endangered, 90 left[4] |

* Burro de Miranda
* Burro do Planalto Mirandes
* Mirandes
* Raça asinina de Miranda
* Transmontano[4]

| Miranda | Portugal | endangered |
Burro Kentucky |  | El Salvador, Honduras |  |
Caninde |  | Brazil |  |
Cardao |  | Brazil |  |
Cariovilli |  | Italy | extinct; province of L'Aquila in Abruzzo |
Catalana | Catalan | Spain |  |
Chigetai |  | Kazakhstan |  |
China North |  | China |  |
Comune |  | Albania |  |
Creole |  | Guyana |  |

* Âne corse
* U sumeru corsu

Corsican |  | Corsica |  |
Criollo |  | Peru |  |
Cyprus donkey |  | Cyprus |  |
Dagestanskaya |  | Russian Federation |  |
Damascus |  | Israel, Syrian Arab Republic |  |
Dezhou |  | China |  |
Domaci balkanski magarac | Balkan | Serbia, Montenegro |  |
Dongolawi |  | Sudan |  |
Irish donkey |  | Ireland |  |
Donkey |  | Saint Kitts and Nevis |  |
Egypt Baladi |  | Egypt |  |
Egyptian |  | Egypt |  |
English donkey |  | Australia |  |
Etbai |  | Sudan |  |
Ezel |  | Netherlands |  |
Georgian ass |  | Georgia |  |
Grand Noir du Berry |  | France | former province of Berry; possibly derived from Catalan[5] |
Green |  | Barbados |  |
Grey |  | Suriname |  |

* Grigio Viterbese
* Viterbese

|  | Italy | province of Viterbo in Lazio[1][4] |
Guangling |  | China |  |
Guanzhong |  | China |  |
Hamadan |  | Iran, Russian Federation |  |
Hassawi |  | Egypt |  |
Hmar Malti | Maltese | Malta |  |
Huaibei |  | China |  |
Indian |  | India |  |
Iranian |  | Iran |  |
Istarski magarac |  | Croatia | Istria |
Italian |  | Serbia |  |
Jack Norteamericano |  | Venezuela |  |
Jiami |  | China |  |
Jirnrna |  | Ethiopia |  |
Jinnan |  | China |  |
Jordanian donkey |  | Jordan |  |
Kakhetinskaya |  | Russian Federation |  |
Karakaçan |  | Turkey |  |
Kara-Kalpakskaya |  | Uzbekistan |  |
Kashan |  | Iran |  |
Kassala |  | Eritrea |  |
Kazakhskaya |  | Kazakhstan |  |
Kirgizskaya |  | Kyrgyzstan |  |
Kulun |  | China |  |
Liangzhou |  | China |  |
Libyan |  | Libya |  |
Linxian |  | China |  |
Magyar parlagi szamár |  | Hungary |  |
Majorera |  | Spain |  |
Mannar |  | Sri Lanka |  |
Maryisltaya |  | Turkmenistan |  |
Masai |  | Kenya, Tanzania |  |
Masri |  | Egypt |  |
Merzifon |  | Turkey |  |
Meskhet-Dzhavakhetskaya |  | Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan |  |
Miniature donkey |  | USA |  |
Moldavian Local |  | Moldova |  |
Moroccan |  | Morocco |  |
Muscat |  | Tanzania |  |
National Genatic |  | Yemen |  |
Native of North Africa |  | Mali, Mauritania, Senegal |  |
Nordestina |  | Brazil |  |
Ogaden |  | Ethiopia |  |
Paulista |  | Brazil |  |
Pega |  | Brazil |  |
Peruano |  | Venezuela |  |
Ponui |  | New Zealand[6] |  |
Primorsko dinarski magarac |  | Croatia |  |
Âne de Provence | Provence | France | Provence |
Puttalam Buruwa |  | Sri Lanka |  |
Âne des Pyrénées | Pyrenean | France | Aquitaine, Midi Pyrénées, Languedoc Roussillon; also called Gascon; similar to Catalan but smaller[7] |
Qinghai |  | China |  |
Qinqyang |  | China |  |
Qirmani |  | Yemen |  |
Qubressy |  | Jordan |  |
Riffawi |  | Sudan |  |
Romanian donkey |  | Romania |  |
Saidi |  | Egypt |  |
Sennar |  | Ethiopia |  |
Shanbei |  | China |  |
Sibbiani |  | Yemen |  |
Sjevernojadranski magarac |  | Croatia |  |
Somali |  | Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia, Yemen |  |
South-west |  | China |  |
Spotted |  | United States |  |
Standard |  | United States |  |
Subei |  | China |  |
Sudanese Pack |  | Sudan |  |
Syrian |  | Israel, Syrian Arab Republic |  |
Thüringer Waldesel |  | Germany |  |
Tadzhikskaya |  | Tajikistan |  |
Taihang |  | China |  |
Tibetan |  | China, Nepal |  |
Toposa |  | Sudan |  |
Tswana |  | Botswana |  |
Tunisian |  | Tunisia |  |
Turkmenskaya |  | Turkmenistan |  |
Uzbekskaya |  | Uzbekistan |  |
Ugandan donkey |  | Uganda |  |
Xinjiang |  | China |  |
Yangyuan |  | China |  |
Yunnan |  | China |  |
Zamorano-Leonés |  | Spain |  |

## References

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1. ^ a b Breeds from species: Ass. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed July 2014.
2. ^ a b Valerie Porter, Ian Lauder Mason (2002). Mason's World Dictionary of Livestock Breeds, Types, and Varieties (fifth edition). Wallingford: CABI. ISBN 085199430X.
3. ^ "Breed Characteristics". American Mammoth Jackstock Registry. Retrieved 22 June 2011.
4. ^ a b c Waltraud Kugler, Hans-Peter Grunenfelder, Elli Broxham (2008). Donkey Breeds in Europe: Inventory, Description, Need for Action, Conservation; Report 2007/2008. St. Gallen, Switzerland: Monitoring Institute for Rare Breeds and Seeds in Europe. p. 26. Archived 2 September 2009.
5. ^ Bataille, Laetitia (2008). Races équines de France (in French). Paris: Éd. France agricole. ISBN 978-2-85557-154-6. "Equine breeds of France"
6. ^ Ponui Donkeys: A Rare Breed of New Zealand Origin. Rare Breeds Conservation Society of New Zealand. Accessed July 2014.
7. ^ "Âne des Pyrénées" (PDF) (in French). Haras Nationaux. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 22 June 2011. "Pyrenean donkey"

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