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A mule results from breeding a female horse (mare) with a male donkey (jack donkey or jackass). When the mother is a jenny donkey and the father a horse stallion, the baby is called a hinny.

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Mules are the offspring from female horses and male?

They are the offspring of female horses and male donkeys.


What is the plural form of mule?

MuleExamples:A mule is the offspring of a male donkey and a female horse. (singular)All male mules and most female mules are infertile. (plural)


What is a hinny?

A hinny is a hybrid offspring of a male horse (stallion) and a female donkey (jenny). Hinnies are less common than mules, which are the offspring of a male donkey and a female horse. Hinny tend to have a more horse-like appearance compared to mules.


What does a mare and a donkey make?

A mule, some are males and some will be born females. Males are called Mules while females are known as Hinnies. It is believed that a when a stallion horse breeds a female donkey, the offspring will be a female, however, our herd Donkey bred a female pony and the offspring was a female. Keep in mind that male mules are more common than hinny mules.


Who acted in the film Two Mules for Sister Sara?

The so called 'mules' in 'Two Mules For Sister Sara' are donkeys, or, in Spanish, 'burros' . A 'mule' is the offspring of a female horse ('mare') and a male donkey ('jack'). A 'hinny' is the offspring of a male horse ('stallion') and a female donkey ('jenny'). Most westerns filmed in the southwest feature numerous donkeys/burros with mules being somewhat more of a rarity.


What two species can produce an offspring but the offspring isn't fertile?

A mule is the offspring of a male donkey and a female horse.Horses and donkeys are different species, with different numbers of chromosomes.Of the two hybrids between these two species, a mule is easier to obtain than a hinny (the offspring of a male horse and a female donkey).All male mules and most female mules are infertile.


Can a female and male mule make a baby mule?

No, male mules are infertile (sterile). Most female mules are also infertile, but about one in a million female mules (and other true hybrids) are fertile. There have been about 40 recorded cases of female mule fertility in the past 100 years, the last few (since the 1980s) verified by DNA. A few years ago a female mule in Morocco gave birth, and also a mare mule in Colorado. The foals were sired by donkeys. There has never been a recorded case of a verified fertile male mule.


Can donkys mate?

Donkeys can mate and reproduce, either with other donkeys or with horses to produce hybrid offspring called mules or hinnies. Mules are the offspring of a male donkey (jack) and a female horse (mare), while hinnies are the offspring of a female donkey (jenny) and a male horse (stallion).


Why are all mules female?

There are both male and female mules both are usually sterial!!!!


How is a mule obtained and why can't it have offspring?

Mules are "obtained" by a jack (male donkey) breeding with a mare (female horse). Hinnies are offspring of a stallion (male horse) mating with a jenny (female donkey). Mules cannot have offspring because of the different chromosomal numbers between horses and donkeys. See the related questions below for more info.


Is a mule a male?

There are both male and female mules.


How are donkeys mules and horses related?

Donkeys and horses are closely related as they both belong to the same genus, Equus. Mules, on the other hand, are hybrids resulting from the crossbreeding of a male donkey and a female horse. This makes mules a mix of both donkey and horse characteristics.