Ponui donkey

Ponui donkey

Taxobox
name = Donkey
status = DOM


image_width = 250px
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Perissodactyla
familia = Equidae
genus = "Equus"
subgenus = "Asinus"
species = "E. asinus"
binomial = "Equus asinus"
binomial_authority = Linnaeus, 1758

Ponui donkey has two related meanings:
* a feral herd of donkeys established on Ponui Island, New Zealand. The herd is descended from three individuals released in the 1880s.

* a breed of donkey derived from this herd, also known as New Zealand donkeys.

Ponui donkeys are described as small, sturdy and docile.

External links

*http://www.rarebreeds.co.nz/ponui.html


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