List of donkey breeds

The domestic donkey is one of the world's most widespread equines and is kept for a variety of purposes.

Breeds

Breed name	English name	Country	Notes	Image
Abkhazskaya		Russian Federation
	Abyssinian Donkey	Ethiopia
Asino Albino	Albino Donkey	Sardinia	see Asinara donkey
	Algerian	Algeria
American Spotted Donkey	American Spotted Donkey	USA	– see Spotted Donkey
American Mammoth Jack	American Mammoth Jack	USA	Also called "Mammoth Jackstock" or "Mammoth donkey"; developed from a blend of Maltese, Poitou, Andalusian, Majorcan, and Catalonian breeds
	Anatolian	Turkey
Âne Africain		Central African Republic, Chad
Âne de Provence	Provence donkey	France	Provence
Âne des Pyrénées	Pyrenean donkey	France	Aquitaine, Midi Pyrénées, Languedoc Roussillon; also called Gascon; similar to Catalonian but smaller
Âne du Bourbonnais	Bourbonnais Donkey	France
Âne du Cotentin	Cotentin Donkey	France
Âne du Gourma		Mali
Âne du Miankala		Mali
Âne du plateau Dogon		Mali
Âne du Sahel		Mall
Âne du Yatenga		Mali
Âne Grand Noir du Berry	Berry Black	France	former province of Berry; derived from Catalonian
Âne locale		Madagascar
Âne Normand	Normand Donkey	France
Âne Petit Gris du Berry	Berry Grey	France	extinct
Ânes		Togo
Âne wallon		Belgium
Anger		Iran
Armyanskaya		Armenia
Asin		Niger
Asino dell’Asinara	Asinara donkey	Italy	critically endangered; indigenous to the Isola dell'Asinara, Sardinia
Asino Argentato di Sologno		Italy
Asino Baio Lucano		Italy
Asino dell’Amiata		Italy	Monte Amiata, province of Grosseto, Tuscany
Asino dell'Irpinia		Italy	extinct; provinces of Benevento and Avellino
Asino di Martina Franca		Italy	Martina Franca and neighbouring areas in south-east Murgia, in the provinces of Bari, Taranto and Brindisi in Puglia
Asino di Sant'Alberto		Italy	extinct; provinces of Forlì and Cesena
Asino di Castel Morrone		Italy	probably extinct; around Castel Morrone in the Province of Caserta (Campania)
Asino Emiliano		Italy	extinct
Asino Grigio Siciliano		Italy	Sicily
Asino Pantesco or Asino di Pantelleria		Italy	from the island of Pantelleria, Sicily
Asino Pugliese		Italy	Puglia; regional variants include the Asino delle Marche, Asino della Basilicata and Asino Leccese
Asino Ragusano		Italy	from Ragusa in Sicily, and neighbouring areas
Asino Romagnolo		Italy	from Emilia–Romagna
Asino Sardo		Italy	from Sardinia
Asino Sardo Grigio Crociato		Italy	from Sardinia
Crio|in		Cuba
Asno		Chile
Asno Americana		Cuba
Asno Andaluz	Andalusian donkey	Spain
Asno Balear		Spain
Asno Criollo		Venezuela
Asno de las Encartaciones		Spain
	Ass	Pakistan
	Australian Donkey	Australia
Barockesel	Austrian-Hungarian white Donkey	Austria
Azerbaidzhanskaya		Azerbaijan
Baudet de Poitou		France	the Poitou Donkey breed was developed for the sole purpose of producing mules. It is a large donkey breed with a very long shaggy coat and no dorsal stripe
Benderi		Iran
Biyang		China
Black		Jordan
Bourik		Haiti
Brasil		Venezuela
Bulgaro		Venezuela
Burro	Burro	Mexico, Nicaragua, USA	small donkey of Mexico and the USA seen in both domesticated and feral states; some feral burros in the western United States are protected by federal law
Burro Criollo		El Salvador
Burro Kentucky		El Salvador, Honduras
Caninde		Brazil
Cardao I		Brazil
Cariovilli		Italy	extinct; province of L'Aquila in Abruzzo
Castelmorone		Italy	extinct; province of Caserta in Campania
Catalana	Catalan donkey	Spain
Chigetai		Kazakhstan
	China North	China
Comune		Albania
	Creole	Guyana
Criollo		Peru
	Cyprus	Cyprus, Serbia
Dagestanskaya		Russian Federation
	Damascus	Israel, Syrian Arab Republic
Dezhou		China
Domaci balkanski magarac		Serbia
Dongolawl		Sudan
	Donkey	Afghanistan
	Donkey	Ireland
	Donkey	Saint Kitts and Nevis
	Donkey	Uganda
Egypt Baladi		Egypt
	Egyptian	Egypt
	English Donkey	Australia
Etbai		Sudan
Ezel		Netherlands
	Georgian Ass	Georgia
Grand Noir de Berry, see	Berry Black	-
Green		Barbados
	Grey	Suriname
Grigio Viterbese		Italy	extinct; province of Viterbo in Lazio
Guangling		China
Guanzhong		China
Hamadan		Iran, Russian Federation
Hassawi		Egypt
Hmar Malti	Maltese donkey	Malta
Huaibei		China
	Indian	India
	Indian Wild Ass	India
	Iranian	Iran
	Iranian Onager	Iran
lrish Donkey		Australia
lstarski rnagarac		Croatia
	Italian	Serbia
Jack Norteamericano		Venezuela
Jiami		China
Jirnrna		Ethiopia
Jinnan		China
Kakhetinskaya		Russian Federation
Karakaçan		Turkey
Kara-Kalpakskaya		Uzbekistan
	Karpass donkey	–
Kashan		Iran
Kassala		Eritrea
Kazakhskaya		Kazakhstan
Khulan		Mongolia
Kiang		India
Kirgizskaya		Kyrgyzstan
Kulan		Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan
Kulun I China
Liangzhou		China
Libyan		Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
Linxian		China
	Majorcan donkey	–
Majorera		Spain
Mammoth Jack Stock		United States of America	see American Mammoth Jack
Mannar		Sri Lanka
Maryisltaya		Turkmenistan
Masai		Kenya, Tanzania
Masri		Egypt
Merzifon I Turkey
Meskhet-Dzhavakhetskaya		Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan
Miniature		United States of America	or Miniature Mediterranean Donkey
	Moldavian Local	Moldova, Republic of
	Moroccan	Morocco
Mula		Venezuela
Muscat		Tanzania
	National Genatic	Yemen
	Native of North Africa	Mali, Mauritania, Senegal
Nordestina		Brazil
	Nubian wild Ass	Ethiopia
Ogaden		Ethiopia
Paulista		Brazil
Pega		Brazil
Peruano		Venezuela
Poitevin		France	see Baudet de Poitou
Primorsko dinarski magarac		Croatia
Puttalam Buruwa		Sri Lanka
Qinghai		China
Qinqyang		China
Qirmani		Yemen
Qubressy		Jordan
Riffawi
	Romanian Ass	Romania
Saidi		Egypt
Sennar		Ethiopia
Shanbei		China
Sibbianl		Yemen
Sjeverno jadranski magarac		Croatia
Somali		Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia, Yemen
	Somali Wild Ass	Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia
	South-west	Chlna
Spotted		United States of America
Standard		United States of America
Subei		China
	Sudanese Pack	Sudan
	Syrian	Israel, Syrian Arab Republic
	Syrian Wild Ass	Syrian Arab Republic
Tadzhikskaya		Tajikistan
Taihang		China
Tibetan		China, Nepal
Toposa		Sudan
Tswana		Botswana
	Tunisian	Tunisia
Turkmenskaya		Turkmenistan
Uzbekskaya		Uzbekistan
Xinjiang		China
Yangyuan		China
Yunnan		China
Zamorano-Leonés		Spain