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A zebroid is a cross between a zebra and any other equid: essentially, a zebra hybrid. They are also known as zebra mules and zebrules. In general, the sire is a zebra stallion. Offspring of a donkey sire and zebra mare, called a zebra hinny, do exist but are rare. Zebroids have been bred since the 19th Century. The extinct quagga was also crossed with horses and donkeys. Charles Darwin noted several zebra hybrids in his works. A donkey / zebra hybrid (called a Zeedonk by Colchester Zoo). ...
A donkey / zebra hybrid (called a Zeedonk by Colchester Zoo). ...
For other uses, see Zebra (disambiguation). ...
Species - Donkey - Domestic Horse - Grevys Zebra - Onager - Przewalskis Horse - Plains Zebra - Mountain Zebra Equidae is the family of horse-like animals, order Perissodactyla. ...
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Trinomial name Equus quagga quagga Boddaert, 1785 The quagga is an extinct subspecies of the plains zebra, which was once found in great numbers in South Africas Cape Province and the southern part of the Orange Free State. ...
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Types of Zebroid Zebroid is the generic name for all of the zebra hybrids. The different hybrids are generally named using the portmanteau convention of sire's name + dam's name. There is generally no distinction made as to which zebra species is used. See individual entries for more information on the different types of zebroid. - Zebra (stallion) + horse (mare): zorse, zebra mule, zebrule or golden zebra
- Zebra (stallion) + pony (mare): zony
- Zebra (stallion) + Shetland pony (mare): zetland
- Zebra (stallion) + any ass species (jenny): zebrass
- Zebra (stallion) + donkey (jenny): zedonk, zeedonk, zonkey, zebronkey, zebadonk
- Zebra (mare) + donkey (sire): zebret, zebrinny
- Zebra (mare) + horse (stallion): hebra
It has been suggested that Zebrula be merged into this article or section. ...
A zony is the offspring of a zebra stallion and a pony mare. ...
A zeedonk in South Africa Colchester Zoos zeedonk, named Shadow A zeedonk (also called similar names including zebrass, zebronkey or zenkey) is a mixed breed animal, a cross between a zebra and a donkey. ...
Binomial name A zeedonk (also spelled zedonk) (also known as zebrass, zebronkey, zonkey, zebadonk, zenkey, zebrinny, or deebra) is a cross between a zebra and a donkey. ...
Binomial name A zeedonk (also spelled zedonk) (also known as zebrass, zebronkey, zonkey, zebadonk, zenkey, zebrinny, or deebra) is a cross between a zebra and a donkey. ...
A zebra/donkey hybrid A zebroid is a cross between a zebra and any other equid: essentially, a zebra hybrid. ...
Appearance Zebroids physically resemble their non-zebra parent, but are striped like a zebra. The stripes generally do not cover the whole body, and might be confined to the legs or spread onto parts of the body or neck. If the non-zebra parent was patterned (such as a roan, Appaloosa, Pooto), Paint, piebald or skewbald, this pattern might be passed down to the zebroid, in which case the stripes are usually confined to nonwhite areas. The alternative name golden zebra relates to the interaction of zebra striping and a horse's bay or chestnut colour to give a zebra-like black-on-bay or black-on-chestnut pattern that superficially resembles the quagga. In zebra-ass hybrids, there is usually a dorsal (back) stripe and a ventral (belly) stripe. A red roan horse Roan is a type of coat color in horses (and, occasionally, in other animals, such as dogs and cattle) that is a mixture of white hairs with a base coat of another color. ...
An Appaloosa horse The Appaloosa is a horse breed with a color preference. ...
Pinto is a horse coloring that consists of large patches of white and another color. ...
Trinomial name Equus quagga quagga Boddaert, 1785 The quagga is an extinct subspecies of the plains zebra, which was once found in great numbers in South Africas Cape Province and the southern part of the Orange Free State. ...
Zebroids are preferred over zebra for practical uses, such as for riding, because the zebra has a different body shape from a horse or donkey, and consequently it is difficult to find tack to fit a zebra. However, a zebroid is usually more inclined to be temperamental than a purebred horse and can be difficult to handle. Binomial name Equus caballus Linnaeus, 1758 The horse (Equus caballus, sometimes seen as a subspecies of the Wild Horse, Equus ferus caballus) is a large odd-toed ungulate mammal, one of ten modern species of the genus Equus. ...
Binomial name Linnaeus, 1758 For other uses, see Donkey (disambiguation). ...
Tack is a term used to describe any of the various equipment and accessories worn by horses in the course of their use as domesticated animals. ...
Purebreds, also called purebreeds or pedigreed, are cultivated varieties or cultivars of a species, achieved through the process of selective breeding. ...
Historical and notable zebroids Today, various zebroids are bred as riding and draft animals and as curiosities in circuses and smaller zoos. Image File history File links Zebroidfoal. ...
Image File history File links Zebroidfoal. ...
The Walter Rothschild Zoological Museum was once the private museum of Lionel Walter, 2nd Baron Rothschild, and is located in the grounds of the former Rothschild family home of Tring Park, Tring, Hertfordshire in the United Kingdom. ...
Map sources for Tring at grid reference SP924117 Tring is a small market town in the Chiltern Hills in Hertfordshire, England with a population of 13,000. ...
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- In 1815, Lord Morton mated a quagga stallion to a chestnut Arabian mare. The result was a female hybrid which resembled both parents.
- In Origin of Species (1859), Charles Darwin mentioned four coloured drawings of hybrids between the ass and zebra.
- In his book The Variation Of Animals And Plants Under Domestication, Darwin described a hybrid ass-zebra specimen in the British Museum as being dappled on its flanks. He also mentioned a "triple hybrid, from a bay mare, by a hybrid from a male ass and female zebra" displayed at London Zoo. This would have required the zebroid sire to be fertile.
- During the South African War, the Boers crossed Chapman's zebras and ponies to use as transport animals. Zebras are resistant to sleeping sickness, whereas pure-bred horses and ponies are not, and it was hoped that the zebra mules would inherit this resistance.
- Grevy's Zebra has been crossed with the Somali Ass in the early 20th century.
- Zorses were bred by the US Government and reported in Genetics in Relation to Agriculture by E B Babcock and RE Clausen (early 20th century). This was an attempt to investigate inheritance and telegony.
- A New York Times article from June 16th, 1973, mentioned the birth of a cross between a zebra and a donkey at the Jerusalem Zoo. They called it a "hamzab".
- In the 1970s, the Colchester Zoo, England bred zedonks, at first by accident and later to create a disease-resistant riding and draft animal. The experiment was discontinued when zoos became more conservation-minded.
- In 2005, a Burchell's zebra mare named Allison produced a zebra hinny called Alex sired by a donkey at Highland plantation in St. Thomas Parish, Barbados. This is notable as the zebra is usually the sire.
- In 2007, a zebra mare and a stallion produced a zebroid named Eclyse, displaying an unusually patchy color coating[1][2], possibly because the stallion was piebald or skewbald.[citation needed]
The 1859 edition of On the Origin of Species First published in 1859, The Origin of Species (full title On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life) by British naturalist Charles Darwin is one of the pivotal...
For other people of the same surname, and places and things named after Charles Darwin, see Darwin. ...
The giant ZSL London Zoo aviary ZSL London Zoo is the worlds oldest scientific zoo. ...
It has been suggested that Zebrula be merged into this article or section. ...
Telegony is a theory in heredity, now discredited but widely believed until the late 19th century, holding that offspring can inherit the characteristics of a previous mate of one or both parents. ...
A zeedonk in South Africa Colchester Zoos zeedonk, named Shadow A zeedonk (also called similar names including zebrass, zebronkey or zenkey) is a mixed breed animal, a cross between a zebra and a donkey. ...
Eclyse is the name of a zebroid (a hebra), the result of a pairing of a zebra mare named Eclipse and a stallion named Ulysses. ...
A piebald horse A piebald is an animal, especially a horse, that has a spotting pattern of large white and black patches. ...
The Skewbald horse has a coat made up of brown and grey patches, on top of either pink or black skin. ...
See also It has been suggested that Zebrula be merged into this article or section. ...
Binomial name A zeedonk (also spelled zedonk) (also known as zebrass, zebronkey, zonkey, zebadonk, zenkey, zebrinny, or deebra) is a cross between a zebra and a donkey. ...
A zony is the offspring of a zebra stallion and a pony mare. ...
References - ^ Amanda Billner. "Zebran är en häst" (in Swedish). Dagens Nyheter's webpage, 28 June 2007. Retrieved 30 juni 2007.
- ^ BBC "Half horse, half zebra - hebra Retrieved 3 July 2007]
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