Livestock
Donkey
Also Known As Ass At one time the more common English term for the donkey. · Burro Spanish and Portuguese word for donkey, in common English use in the Americas.
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The ass, bred down over millennia into the world's most common and least celebrated pack and draft animal. Hardier and more sure-footed on poor ground than the horse, and far cheaper to keep, it remains central to smallholder transport and haulage across much of Africa, Asia and Latin America.
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Scientific Name Domestication RegionNortheast Africa (Nubia and the Horn of Africa) 1 Primary UsesPack and draft transport, haulage; meat, milk and hide in some regions 1 Disputed
Domesticated When (Circa)circa 5000 to 3000 BC, debated 1 Estimates from the archaeological and genetic record range from circa 5000 to 3000 BC; the exact center and date are still debated. Cross-Tradition Connections
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