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Albania |
Common Albanian
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Albanian local donkey is a common breed origin from Nubia. Local donkeys are small, coloured grey, b
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Austria |
Baroque donkey
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This special donkey was bred by rich estate owners of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in the Baroque, as
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Austria |
Common donkey
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Austria |
Poitou Donkey
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Austria |
Common Donkey
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sometimes used within our smal farm (besides our horses)
Occassionaly used for supply of mountain h
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Belgium |
Belgian Donkey
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Belgium |
Waalse Ezel
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Character: quiet, friendly character, suitable as pet, pack donkey or in harness. Wither height (4 y
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Bosnia-Hercegovina |
Herzegovinian Donkey
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The Herzegovinian Donkey is a donkey of small size. The colour varies from grey to brown. Eelstripe
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Bulgaria |
Bulgarian Donkeys
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The animals generally are mixed and of small type like the donkeys in Africa. They are grey in colou
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Croatia |
Dalmatinski Magarac
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By its size, demands and resistance adapted to the conditions of the Croatian karst coast. Small and
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Croatia |
Istarski tovar
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Resistance, endurance and longevity are typical. Weight: 220 kg, wither height: 123,5 cm, colour bla
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Croatia |
Kvarnerski magarac
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Body size is suitable for the climate of Kvarner islands, resistance, endurance and longevity, weigh
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Croatia |
Common donkey
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Cyprus |
Cyprus Donkey
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There is no indigenous donkey breed in Cyprus, but there are two main strains: firstly a brown donke
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Denmark |
common Donkey
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Description: average height 100-110 cm (85-150cm), nearly all kind of colours, To avoid inbreeding t
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Finland |
Aasi
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France |
L´Âne de provence
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since the 15th century used for transhumance between the Basse-Provence and the high mountain pastur
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France |
Grand noir du Berry
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Working donkey for small everyday tasks on the farm, packsaddle donkey for hikers. Varying size: 1.3
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France |
Ane Normand
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descended from the common ass by recent selections. The belly is grey white. Its size (adult) varies
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France |
Ane des Pyrénées
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Originally used for mule breeding and bred as working animal. It is found in the Gascogne as well as
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France |
Ane Gascogne
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Ane Gascogne is a mountain donkey with wither height of 1,20m - 1,25m and compact body. This breed i
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France |
Ane Bourbonnais
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Height: sires 1,25m - 1,35m, mares: 1,18m - 1,28m, Head: straight profile, eyes light rimmed, grey m
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France |
Ane du Cotentin
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Height at withers: sires: 1.20-1.35m, mares 1.15-1.30 m, Neck: Strong, with mane right-hand side, co
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France |
Baudet de Poitou
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brown-bay coat, sometimes yellowish, silver-grey bordered by a reddish ring around mouth, nose and e
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France |
L´Âne de L´Ile de Ré
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On the island Ré, of the French Atlantic coast near La Rochelle, an old tradition is in place. The d
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France |
Ane corse
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The small Corsican donkey was already to be found on Corsica in Babylonian times. It derives from th
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Germany |
Thuringian Forest Donkeys
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stone-grey coat with white belly and black eelstripe and shoulder cross. Also found as black or dark
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Germany |
Common donkey
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Zwergesel, Hausesel, Großesel, Maultiere
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Germany |
Poitou Donkey
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Germany |
Austrian Hungarian White Donkey
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Germany |
German Donkey
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Greece |
Peridkaki
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smaller variety of Greek Donkeys with highly restricted distribution in the Perdikaki area, NE of Ae
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Greece |
Albanian and Bulgarian donkeys
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Greece |
Arcadian donkey
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It originates from Arcadia region in PeloponissosMedium size 0.95m-1.20m, weight 90kg-120kg, in Arca
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Greece |
Ellinikon
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Adult asses measure about 1m of height. Colour: brown, with grey muzzle, belly and underparts. This
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Greece |
Cyprus Ass
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dark brown to black, short haired, white at belly, nose, mouth and around eyes, different varieties
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Hungary |
Improved donkey
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medium and big size, often dark colour, without any specifications of colour or stripes
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Hungary |
Common Donkey
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Estimates in Hungary show, that there are about 2000-3000 dokeys in Hungary. As Historical investiga
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Hungary |
Magyar Parlagi Szamar
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The Romans brought the donkey to the Carpathian Basin. In the last century crossings with Italian do
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Ireland |
Ireland Donkeys
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Italy |
Asino Amiatina
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This breed has distinctive zebra stripes on the legs and ears with dark signs. They descend from the
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Italy |
Asino Argentato di Sologno
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Local population, probably not a pure breed, with silver (argentato) or grey coat. Bred in a small A
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Italy |
Asino Asinara
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The autochthonous breed of Asinara, an island off the North West coast of Sardinia is similar to the
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Italy |
Asino di Martina Franca
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dark brownish to black coat with reddish markings around the eyes and part of the muzzle, whitish-gr
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Italy |
Asino di Pantelleria
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The Asino Pantelleria is breed on the island Pantelleria to the South West of Sicily. The strong Afr
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Italy |
Asino Ragusana
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Ragusana donkeys descend from SE Sicily. They developed from breeding with Pantelleria donkeys and M
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Italy |
Asino Romagnolo
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Height: stallions: 135-145 cm, mares: 132-140 cm. Colour: grey, dark bay (bay and morello). Short an
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Italy |
Asino Sardo
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The Sardinian dwarf donkey is traditionally used for draught. It measures only 80-100 cm height at w
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Italy |
Asino Grigio Siciliano
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Asino Grigio Siciliano are the original donkeys of Sicily. They are the ancestors of the Ragusana do
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Luxembourg |
Lesel
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Macedonian Donkey
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Up to now no information is available about breeds or numbers of animals in Macedonia. Like in all B
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Malta |
Maltese Donkey
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The coat is unlike other donkeys’: It is short and glossy. Coat colour: dark bay with white muzzle,
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Montenegro |
Domestic Balkan Donkey
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Up to now no information is available about breeds or numbers of animals in Montenegro. Domestic Bal
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Netherlands |
Netherland donkeys
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No autochthonous breeds of donkeys known
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Norway |
Norwegian Donkeys
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Portugal |
Burro de Miranda
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Corpulent and rustic; Colour: brown chest-nut, Base pigment brown and possesses black extension. Hei
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Portugal |
Burro anão da Graciosa
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The Burro de Graciosa is located in the Azorean Atlantic Archipelago, on the island of Graciosa. The
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Romania |
Romanian donkeys
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The colour is mainly grey, but also silver, black and sometimes white occurs. There is a large varia
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Serbia |
Domaci Balkanski Magarac
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Weight: about 250 kg for sires, 200 kg for mares, Wither height: about 100cm for sires, 95cm for mar
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Serbia |
Banat donkey
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Back Height: 110-120m
Body Lenght: 132
Weight: 203kg
Eelstrip and stripes at the legs.
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Slovenia |
Bulgarian donkey
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Slovenia |
Istrian Donkey
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In the past, donkeys were very much in use in the Mediterranean part of Slovenia, in Istria, to tran
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Spain |
Asno Andalucia
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Height: 1.46-1.55cm, weight: 320-460kg, Colour: dapple gray – white Recognised by the Ministry of Ag
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Spain |
Asinina Catalana
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Description: Height at withers: 1.36m, weight: 350kg. Elongated harmonically conformation: Colour: b
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Spain |
Asno de las Encartaciones
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Las Encartaciones (Viscaya, Basque provs, Spain), black, grey, white or chestnut, The distribution a
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Spain |
Burro Majorero
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The ancestors of the Burro Majorero originally came from the North West of Africa. It is an autochth
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Spain |
Ase MallorquÍ
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its structural confirmation is similar to that of the Catalan donkey but it is shorter in height and
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Spain |
Zamorano-Leonés
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Withers height: 1.40m - 1.55m, balanced conformation, corpulant and with a powerful body. The large
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Sweden |
Swedish Donkey
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Switzerland |
Baudet de Poitou
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Switzerland |
common Donkey
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Turkey |
Anatolian Donkey
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Turkey |
Merzifon
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United Kingdom |
Donkeys of UK
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