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Equus asinus. The Grigio Siciliano or Asino Ferrante, is a breed of donkey from the Mediterranean island of Sicily in southern Italy. [2] It is bred only on the island, in the provinces of Agrigento, Enna, Palermo, Ragusa and Syracuse. [3] The conservation status of the Grigio Siciliano was listed as "critical" by the FAO in 2007. [1]
A miniature donkey and a standard donkey, mother and daughter. North American donkeys constitute approximately 0.1% of the worldwide donkey population. [1] [a] Donkeys were first transported from Europe to the New World in the fifteenth century during the Second Voyage of Christopher Columbus, [2]: 179 and subsequently spread south and west into the lands that would become México. [3]
The miller, his son and the donkey is a widely dispersed fable, number 721 in the Perry Index and number 1215 in the Aarne–Thompson classification systems of folklore narratives. Though it may have ancient analogues, the earliest extant version is in the work of the 13th-century Arab writer Ibn Said .
Joachim-Raphaël Boronali. Owner Père Frédé and his donkey Lolo, alias Boronali, in the entrance of the cabaret Lapin Agile. Joachim-Raphaël Boronali was a fictitious Italian painter created as an invention of writer and critic Roland Dorgelès who created paintings on canvas by tying a paintbrush to the tail of a donkey named Lolo. [1]
The African wild ass is about 1.2 metres (4 ft) tall and weighs approximately 250 kilograms (600 lb). [5] The short, smooth coat is a light grey to fawn colour, fading quickly to white on the undersides and legs. There is a slender, dark dorsal stripe in all subspecies, while in the Nubian wild ass (E. a. africanus), as well as the domestic ...
Equus asinus. The Maltese donkey also known as Hmar Malti is a breed of donkey originated in Malta. It used to be used as a beast of burden. [1] It is a relatively small breed of donkey with a compact body. It is considered as a part of cultural heritage of Malta , it has played its role in Malta's history in transportation and even used for ...
Ragusano donkey. The Ragusano is a breed of donkey from the Mediterranean island of Sicily. [2] It is associated particularly with the comuni of Modica, Ragusa, Santa Croce Camerina and Scicli, all in the Province of Ragusa in southern Sicily. [3] It is one of the eight autochthonous donkey breeds of limited distribution recognised by the ...
Asinara donkey. The Asinara, Italian: Asino dell'Asinara (Italian pronunciation: [ˈaːzino dellaziˈnaːra]), is a breed of feral donkey indigenous to the island of Asinara, which lies off the north-west coast of Sardinia, Italy, in the province of Sassari. [4] Most of the population is wholly or partly albinistic; the small number of grey ...