Editing Zebroid (section)

==Types==
Zebroid is the term generally used for all zebra hybrids. The different hybrids are generally named using a [[portmanteau]] of the [[wikt:sire#Noun|sire]]'s name and the [[wikt:dam#Noun 2|dam]]'s name. Generally, no distinction is made as to which zebra species is used. Many times, when zebras are crossbred, they develop some form of [[dwarfism]]. Breeding of different branches of the equine family, which does not occur in the wild, generally results in sterile offspring. The combination of sire and dam also affects the offspring [[phenotype]].

A zorse is the offspring of a [[zebra]] stallion and a horse [[mare]]. This cross is also called a zebrose, zebrula, zebrule, or zebra mule. The rarer reverse pairing is sometimes called a hebra, horsebra, zebrinny, or zebra hinny. Like most other animal hybrids, the zorse is sterile.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.equinepost.com/resources/breeds/showBreed.asp?ID=150|title= Zorse Breed Description |work= Breeding References|publisher= EquinePost |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110710195153/http://www.equinepost.com/resources/breeds/showBreed.asp?ID=150 |archive-date=2011-07-10}}</ref>

A zony is the offspring of a zebra stallion and a pony mare. Medium-sized pony mares are preferred to produce riding zonies, but zebras have been crossed with smaller pony breeds such as the [[Shetland pony|Shetland]], resulting in so-called "Zetlands".<ref>{{cite news|title=Crisis-hit farm welcomes its gift forse|date= 27 June 2001 |quote=it could be a zorse perhaps, a fony, or maybe a shebra or a zetland. Whatever its name, the arrival of the strange beast has been hailed as a godsend|url=https://www.theguardian.com/silly/story/0,,530179,00.html | work=The Guardian | location=London | first=Helen | last=Carter | access-date=20 April 2010}}</ref>

A cross between a zebra and a donkey is known as a zenkey,<ref>{{cite news |title=Zenkey foal a hybrid star |date=29 August 2003 |work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]|agency=[[Agence France-Presse]] |url=http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/08/28/1062050609625.html }}</ref> zonkey<ref name=pri>{{cite book|last=Steiner|first=Lee Rabinowitz|title=Make the Most of Yourself: A Psychological Guide for Normal People|publisher=Prentice-Hall|date=1954|page=251|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=N9ZQAQAAMAAJ&q=%22zonkey%22}}</ref> (a term also used for [[Zonkey (Tijuana)|donkeys in Tijuana]], [[Mexico]], painted as zebras for tourists to pose with them in souvenir photos),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/miranda/la-et-cam-story-behind-tijuana-zebra-striped-donkeys-20151106-column.html|title=How the zonkey got its stripes: Long before Instagram, Tijuana's tourist donkeys were camera-ready|first=Carolina A.|last=Miranda|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=10 November 2015 }}</ref> zebrass, or zedonk.<ref>{{cite book|last=McCarthy|first=Colman|title=Involvements: One Journalist's Place in the World|publisher=Acropolis Books|page=202|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-doqAAAAMAAJ&q=%22zedonk%22|date=1984|isbn=9780874917574}}</ref> Donkeys are closely related to zebras and both animals belong to the [[Equidae|horse family]]. These zebra–donkey hybrids are very rare.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Megersa|first1=B|last2=Biffa|first2=D|last3=Kumsa|first3=B|title=A mysterious zebra-donkey hybrid (zedonk or zonkey) produced under natural mating: A case report from Borana, southern Ethiopia|journal=Animal Production Research Advances|date=13 February 2007|volume=2|issue=3|doi=10.4314/apra.v2i3.36328}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Benirschke|first1=K|last2=Low|first2=RJ|last3=Brownhill|first3=LE|last4=Caday|first4=LB|last5=Devenecia-Fernandez|first5=J|title=Chromosome Studies of a Donkey-Grevy Zebra Hybrid|journal=Chromosoma|date=1 April 1964|volume=15|pages=1–13|doi=10.1007/BF00326911|pmid=14171168|s2cid=41732666}}</ref> In [[South Africa]], they occur where zebras and donkeys are found in proximity to each other.{{Citation needed|date=September 2020}} Like [[mule]]s and [[Hinny|hinnies]], however, they are generally genetically unable to breed, due to an odd number of chromosomes disrupting [[meiosis]].