What family of animals is donkey in zoology?

Donkeys have a long history in China. In the Bronze Age of the Shang Dynasty around 4000 BC, donkeys have been domesticated in the Shache area of Xinjiang. Since the Qin Dynasty, donkeys have gradually entered the mainland from northwest China and India as rare livestock. There are also celebrity anecdotes such as the donkey of Zhuge Jin during the three Kingdoms period. So what family does donkey belong to in zoology? How to raise a donkey?

I. families and genera of donkeys

Donkey belongs to the odd-hoofed order of mammals, which belongs to the genus Equus of the equine family. Horses and donkeys belong to the same genus, but they are not different species. The image of the donkey and the horse is very similar, but much smaller than the horse, the donkey is mostly grayish brown, not as powerful and majestic as the horse, with a big head, long ears, narrow chest and strong resistance. Donkey's temperament is very docile, in ancient times, it was often used as a powerful animal, but it could also be used for military use.

There are many kinds of donkeys. It is generally believed that the African wild donkey is the ancestor of the modern domestic donkey. its hair color is similar to that of the domestic donkey, showing bluish gray and brown, and singing like the domestic donkey, with long earshells. Donkeys can be divided into large, medium and small types according to their size. The five fine donkeys in China are Guanzhong Donkey, Dezhou Donkey, Guangling Donkey, Miyang Donkey and Xinjiang Donkey. These areas also extend a lot of snacks about donkey meat, such as donkey meat burning, donkey broth and so on.

Second, the breeding of donkeys

Donkey farming is a part of traditional animal husbandry, which is changing from providing auxiliary power for agriculture to producing meat and skin, and is developing rapidly from small scale and low profit to medium scale and high profit. When raising donkeys, as long as they are well immunized and kept clean and dry in the donkey pen, maintain adaptive light, ventilation and feeding density, supply meat donkey feed, and ensure adequate clean drinking water, donkeys rarely get sick. For more specific donkey farming techniques, it is still necessary to conduct relevant studies and consult relevant experts to examine whether the local climate is suitable for donkey farming.

Let's stop here about donkeys. I believe that more friends are not interested in donkeys, but more interested in snacks derived from donkey meat. Qualified friends can try some snacks about donkey meat when they travel.