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Donkey
Equus asinus
The donkey or ass (Equus africanus asinus) is a domesticated member of the horse family, Equidae. The wild ancestor of the donkey is the African wild ass, E. africanus. The donkey has been used as a working animal for at least 5000 years. There are more than 40 million donkeys in the world, mostly in underdeveloped countries, where they are used principally as draught or pack animals. Working donkeys are often associated with those living at...
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Margarita philosophica
Reisch, Gregorius · 1504 · p.465
Vorpforte der Schul-Unterweisung
Comenius, Jan Amos · 1678 · p.46
The Visible World
Jan Amos Comenius · 1658 · p.88
pad gling gur drag chos sde yongs rdzogs
Drametse Monastery Collection · 1700 · p.94
General History of the Waldensians
Léger, Jean · 1750 · p.103
Worksop Bestiary
Anonymous · 1185 · p.48
History of Monsters
Ulisse Aldrovandi · 1642 · p.382
Ortus sanitatis
1491 · p.643
Garden of Health
Jacob Meydenbach · 1491 · p.555
Garden of Health
Jacob Meydenbach · 1491 · p.571
Garden of Health
Jacob Meydenbach · 1491 · p.571
Garden of Health (Hortus Sanitatis)
Jacob Meydenbach · 1491 · p.690
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 148030.