List of donkey breeds


This list of breeds of domestic donkey is based on country reports to the international DAD-IS database.

Breeds

Breed name
English/
/Other names
CountryNotesImage
AbkhazskayaRussian Federation
Abyssinian donkeyEthiopia
AlgerianAlgeriaUsed as a draught or meat animal. Chestnut or grey in colour.
American Mammoth JackUSAAlso called "Mammoth Jackstock" or "Mammoth donkey"; developed from a blend of Poitou, Andalusian, Majorcan, and Catalan breeds
AnatolianTurkey
Âne AfricainCentral African Republic, Chad
Afghan donkeyAfghanistan
Bourbonnais donkey France
Cotentin donkey France
Âne du GourmaMali
Âne du MiankalaMali
Âne du plateau DogonMali
Âne du SahelMall
Âne du YatengaMali
Âne localeMadagascar
Norman donkey France
Berry Grey Franceextinct
ÂnesTogo
Âne wallonBelgium
AngerIran
ArmyanskayaArmenia
AsinNiger
Asinara donkey Italycritically endangered; indigenous to the Isola dell'Asinara, Sardinia
Asino Argentato di SolognoItaly
Asino Baio LucanoItaly
Amiatina ItalyMonte Amiata, province of Grosseto, Tuscany
Asino dell'IrpiniaItalyextinct; provinces of Benevento and Avellino
Castel Morrone donkey Italyprobably extinct; around Castel Morrone in the Province of Caserta, Campania
Martina Franca donkey ItalyMartina Franca and neighbouring areas in south-east Murgia, in the Metropolitan City of Bari and the provinces of Taranto and Brindisi in Puglia
Asino di Sant'AlbertoItalyextinct; province of Forlì-Cesena
Asino EmilianoItalyextinct
Grigio Siciliano ItalySicily
Pantesco Italyfrom the island of Pantelleria, Sicily
Asino PuglieseItalyPuglia; regional variants include the Asino delle Marche, Asino della Basilicata and Asino Leccese
Ragusano donkey Italyfrom Ragusa in Sicily, and neighbouring areas
Romagnolo donkey Italyfrom Emilia–Romagna
Sardinian donkey Italyfrom Sardinia
Asino Sardo Grigio CrociatoItalyfrom Sardinia
Asnal CriolinCuba
AsnoChile
Asno AmericanaCuba
Andalusian donkey Spain
Asno BalearSpain
Asno CriolloVenezuela
Asno de las EncartacionesSpainBasque country
SperkiPakistan
Australian donkeyAustralia
Barockesel/Austrian-Hungarian white DonkeyAustria
AzerbaidzhanskayaAzerbaijan
Poitou donkey, PoitevinFrancethe Poitou donkey was developed for the sole purpose of the jacks being mated with mares to produce mules. It is a large donkey breed with a very long shaggy coat and no dorsal stripe
BenderiIran
BiyangChina
BourikHaiti
BrasilVenezuela
BulgaroVenezuela
Bulgarian donkeyBulgaria
BurroMexico,
Nicaragua,
United States
small donkey of Mexico and the U.S. seen in both domesticated and feral states; some feral burros in the western U.S. are protected by federal law
Burro CriolloEl Salvador
Dwarf donkey of Graciosa Portugalendangered, 90 left; also called Burro anão da Graciosa-
Miranda donkey Portugalendangered; also called Burro do Planalto Mirandes, Mirandes, Raça asinina de Miranda, or Transmontano
Burro KentuckyEl Salvador, Honduras
CanindeBrazil
CardaoBrazil
CariovilliItalyextinct; province of L'Aquila in Abruzzo
Catalan donkey Spain
ChigetaiKazakhstan
China NorthChina
ComuneAlbania
CreoleGuyana
Corsican donkeyCorsica
CriolloPeru
Cyprus donkeyCyprus
DagestanskayaRussian Federation
DamascusIsrael, Syrian Arab Republic
DezhouChina
Balkan donkey Serbia, Montenegro
DongolawlSudan
Irish donkeyIreland
DonkeySaint Kitts and Nevis
Egypt BaladiEgypt
EgyptianEgypt
English donkeyAustralia
EtbaiSudan
EzelNetherlands
Georgian assGeorgia
Berry Black Franceformer province of Berry; possibly derived from Catalan
GreenBarbados
GreySuriname
Viterbese Italyprovince of Viterbo in Lazio
GuanglingChina
GuanzhongChina
HamadanIran, Russian Federation
HassawiEgypt
Maltese donkey Malta
HuaibeiChina
IndianIndia
IranianIran
Istarski magaracCroatiaIstria
ItalianSerbia
Jack NorteamericanoVenezuela
JiamiChina
JirnrnaEthiopia
JinnanChina
Jordanian donkeyJordan
KakhetinskayaRussian Federation
KarakaçanTurkey
Kara-KalpakskayaUzbekistan
KashanIran
KassalaEritrea
KazakhskayaKazakhstan
KirgizskayaKyrgyzstan
KulunChina
LiangzhouChina
LibyanLibya
LinxianChina
Magyar parlagi szamárHungary
Majorera donkeySpain
MannarSri Lanka
MaryisltayaTurkmenistan
MasaiKenya, Tanzania
MasriEgypt
MerzifonTurkey
Meskhet-DzhavakhetskayaUzbekistan, Turkmenistan
Miniature donkeyUSA
Moldavian LocalMoldova
MoroccanMorocco
MulaVenezuela
MuscatTanzania
National GenaticYemen
Native of North AfricaMali, Mauritania, Senegal
NordestinaBrazil
OgadenEthiopia
PaulistaBrazil
PegaBrazil
PeruanoVenezuela
PoitevinFrancesee Poitou donkey or Baudet du Poitou
Ponui donkeyNew Zealand
Primorsko dinarski magaracCroatia
Provence donkey FranceProvence
Puttalam BuruwaSri Lanka
Pyrenean donkey FranceAquitaine, Midi Pyrénées, Languedoc Roussillon; also called Gascon; similar to Catalan but smaller
QinghaiChina
QinqyangChina
QirmaniYemen
QubressyJordan
RiffawiSudan
Romanian donkeyRomania
SaidiEgypt
SennarEthiopia
ShanbeiChina
SibbianlYemen
Sjevernojadranski magaracCroatia
SomaliDjibouti, Kenya, Somalia, Yemen
South-westChina
SpottedUnited States
StandardUnited States
SubeiChina
Sudanese PackSudan
SyrianIsrael, Syrian Arab Republic
Thuringian forest donkeyGermany
TadzhikskayaTajikistan
TaihangChina
TibetanChina, Nepal
ToposaSudan
TswanaBotswana
TunisianTunisia
TurkmenskayaTurkmenistan
UzbekskayaUzbekistan
Ugandan donkeyUganda
XinjiangChina
YangyuanChina
YunnanChina
Zamorano-LeonésSpain