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{{Short description|Domestic hybrid of horse and donkey}} {{Other uses|Mule (disambiguation)|Mules (disambiguation)}} {{EngvarB|date=July 2022}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}} {{hybridbox | name = Mule | image = Momo 260905.jpg | status = DOM | genus = Equus | father = africanus asinus | father_link = Donkey | mother = ferus caballus | mother_link = Horse | synonyms = }} The '''mule''' is a [[domestic animal|domestic]] equine [[hybrid (biology)|hybrid]] between a [[donkey]], and a [[horse]]. It is the [[offspring]] of a male donkey (a [[Male donkey|jack]]) and a female horse (a [[mare]]).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thedonkeysanctuary.org.uk/what-we-do/knowledge-and-advice/about-donkeys/mule |website=The Donkey Sanctuary |title=What is a mule? |date=5 September 2020 |access-date=22 September 2020 |archive-date=1 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201001230702/https://www.thedonkeysanctuary.org.uk/what-we-do/knowledge-and-advice/about-donkeys/mule |url-status=live}}</ref> The horse and the donkey are different species, with different numbers of [[chromosome]]s;<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Rodriguez |first=Monica |date=June 20, 2007 |title=Why can't mules breed? |url=https://www.thetech.org/ask-a-geneticist/articles/2007/ask225/ |access-date=March 9, 2025 |website=The Tech Interactive}}</ref> of the two possible [[F1 hybrid|first-generation hybrids]] between them, the mule is easier to obtain and more common than the [[hinny]],<ref name=JHeredity-30-12/> which is the offspring of a male horse (a [[stallion]]) and a female donkey (a [[Jenny (donkey)|jenny]]).<ref name=":0" /> Mules vary widely in size, and may be of any color seen in horses or donkeys. They are more patient, hardier and longer-lived than horses, and are perceived as less obstinate and more intelligent than donkeys.<ref name=Jackson2004>{{cite book |last=Jackson |first=Louise A |year=2004 |title=The Mule Men: A History of Stock Packing in the Sierra Nevada |publisher=Mountain Press |location=Missoula, MT |isbn=0-87842-499-7}}</ref>{{rp|5}}
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