What's the difference between a donkey and burro?

Question

What's the difference between a donkey, burro and jackass? Aren't donkeys and jackasses the same thing, and burros just a little smaller version?

Thanks for any answers and have a great day!

Answer 1

Burro is just the Spanish name for donkey.

David

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Answer 2

A burro is a Mexican donkey.

Answer 3

Donkey, ***, Burro ... all the same animal, may be a different sub-species though...

Whoever said a burro is the cross between a horse and a donkey is wrong...

A Mule is a cross between a female horse and a male donkey

A Hinny is a cross between a female donkey and a male horse

Answer 4

Technically there is no difference. They are all the same animal.

This is probably the best answer I've found online~

The difference between a burro and mule

Mule:: A domesticated, hybrid animal that results from crossing a mare (female horse) and a jack (male donkey).

Donkey:: A domesticated ***. Which, of course, begs the question "What is an ***?" Thankfully, Mule Barn also provides a definition of this particular animal.

***:: A four-footed, hoofed mammal related to the horse, but smaller, with longer ears and a shorter mane, shorter hair on the tail, and a dark stripe along the back. So, it seems the aforementioned jackass is simply a male ***. The main difference between the jackass and the donkey is their domestication -- the *** is wild; the donkey is domesticated. But what about the burro? Turns out that the burro is a small donkey that is often used as a pack animal because it is particularly sure-footed.

Source:: Mule Barn, the World Wide Gathering of Mules and Donkeys.

Answer 5

The rear end of a burro or jackass, have never been elected as President.

Answer 6

donkeys and jackasses are the same.

burros or mules are cross bred between a donkey and horse, therefore, they are sterile  

Answer 7

a jackass is the cross between a horse and a donkey

they are called a mule

Answer 8

Another name for a "donkey" is an "a ss"... they are the same thing.

A male "donkey" or "a ss" is called a "jack".  Therefor a "jackass" is a male "donkey" (or "a ss")

A burro is a small donkey.... it would be the same as calling a small horse a "pony"

Answer 9

Burro is a coloquial term for a Spanish feral donkey