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Re:At Long Last, a Donkey Family Tree by chucksta on Friday March 17, 2023 @09:34AM (#35196863)
Had donkey confused with mule and was expecting some sort of joke. Mules are a cross bread of donkey and horse and are effectively sterile, ergo no tree.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mule

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Re:At Long Last, a Donkey Family Tree by oh_sigh on Friday March 17, 2023 @10:29AM (#35197589)
Don't forget the hinny - a mule is only a male donkey/female horse offspring - hinny is the reciprocal and has very distinct characteristics, similar to how tigrons/ligers are distinct.
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Re:At Long Last, a Donkey Family Tree by Maursault on Saturday March 18, 2023 @01:36AM (#35206439)
> Mules are a cross bread of donkey and horse and are effectively sterile, ergo no tree.

Not always.[1]

[1] https://horses.extension.org/is-there-a-chance-that-a-mule-m...

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