So cross a ZEBRA to a HORSE and you get a ZORSE! Or a zebra stallion to a donkey jennet (mare) and you get a ZEBRASS (also called a zedonk or zonkey). These too are sterile hybrids, and cannot reproduce. Each mule, hinny, zorse or zedonk/zonkey is a one-time shot.
ZORSES or ZEBRASSES can look very different in body type, depending on what species of zebra is used. The ZORSE looks a bit like a horse, a bit like a mule, but covered in dark stripes. Most ze-donks look a bit like dun donkeys, but striped all over.
Equine hybrids can be trained just like regular equines (donkeys or horses), but they are not for everyone. They do have a wild animal for one parent (the zebra) and they must be carefully trained and above all respected.
All zebra hybrids can use the one term Zebroid, or zebra hybrid. The proper specialized term for a zebra x horse is Zorse, zebra x pony is Zony (sometimes spelled zeony but not correct), Zebra x donkey zebrass or zedonk. There are some other colorful terms for zorses (they were once called zebra mules) such as golden zebras andAfrican striped ponies, and we have even seen the term "hobra" (Horse x zebra) used, but these are all incorrect. As a matter of a "rat fact", a hobra would actually be a reciprocal cross between a horse stallion and zebra mare, since the father's term is usually used first in hybrid cases. We do know of two "zebra hinny zorses" (stallion sire, zebra dam) that were foaled, but neither lived to adulthood.
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Types of Zebra
