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Agriculture · Q587

Animal Husbandry

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 587

Q587

Mule is the cross of

A.
Mare × Ass
Answer
B.
Mare × Horse
C.
Ass (female) × Ass (male)
D.
None of these

Answer: Option A

Solution

Answer: Option A
Solution:
Mule is the cross of Mare × Ass.
The mule is a domestic equine hybrid between a donkey and a horse. It is the offspring of a male Ass (a jack) and a female horse (a mare).
A female mule that has oestrus cycles, and so could, in theory, carry a foetus, is called a "molly" or "Molly mule", although the term is sometimes used to refer to female mules in general. A male mule is properly called a "horse mule".