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[[File:Donkey 1 arp 750px.jpg|thumb|A donkey at Clovelly, North Devon, England.]]
'''[[w:Donkey|Donkeys]]''' or '''asses''', ''Equus africanus asinus'', are domesticated members of the ''Equidae'' or horse family. The wild ancestor of the donkey is the African Wild Ass, ''E. africanus''. Asses were first domesticated around 3000 BC,[3] or 4000 BC, probably in Egypt or Mesopotamia,[4] and have spread around the world. They continue to fill important roles in many places today. While domesticated species are increasing in numbers, the African wild ass and another relative, the Onager, are endangered. As "beasts of burden" and companions, asses and donkeys have worked together with humans for millennia.
'''[[w:Donkey|Donkeys]]''' or '''asses''', ''Equus africanus asinus'', are domesticated members of the ''Equidae'' or horse family. The wild ancestor of the donkey is the African Wild Ass, ''E. africanus''. Asses were first domesticated around 3000 BC,[3] or 4000 BC, probably in Egypt or Mesopotamia,[4] and have spread around the world. They continue to fill important roles in many places today. While domesticated species are increasing in numbers, the African wild ass and another relative, the Onager, are endangered. As "beasts of burden" and companions, asses and donkeys have worked together with humans for millennia.
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* Poor little foal of an oppressèd race! <br> I love the languid patience of thy face.
* Poor little foal of an oppressèd race! <br> I love the languid patience of thy face.
** [[Samuel Taylor Coleridge]], "To a Young Ass" (1794), line 1.
** [[Samuel Taylor Coleridge]], "To a Young Ass" (1794), line 1.