On: At Long Last, a Donkey Family Tree

[chucksta]

Had donkey confused with mule and was expecting some sort of joke. Mules are a cross bread of donkey and horse and are effectively sterile, ergo no tree.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mule

[oh_sigh → chucksta]

Don't forget the hinny - a mule is only a male donkey/female horse offspring - hinny is the reciprocal and has very distinct characteristics, similar to how tigrons/ligers are distinct.

[Maursault → chucksta]

> Mules are a cross bread of donkey and horse and are effectively sterile, ergo no tree.

Not always.[1]

[1] https://horses.extension.org/is-there-a-chance-that-a-mule-m...