68 BELLILE. THE HORSE TRIBE. 



Mane short, ears long and slouching. 



The Ass, in Great Britain and Ireland, is known only as a domestic 

 animal. 



Equus pedibus solidungulis, caudd extremitate setosd, 

 crucenigrd (man) supra humeros. Equus (asinus) do- 

 mesticus. Linn. Syst. Nat. Gmel, gen. 33, sp. 2, var. p. 

 i. p. 211. Erxleben, Syst. regn. animal, gen. 24, sp. 2, 

 var. 0. p. 213. 



Equus asinusj var. 2. Domestic Ass. Turton, i. p. 

 123. Kerr, p. 344. 



Asinus. Brisson, regn. animal, p. 102. Gesner, p. 5. 

 Ruysch, i. pa. 1, p. 12. Raii. Syn. Quad. p. 63. 



JL' Ane. Buff. Sonn. xxiii. p. 277, tab. 3. Cuv. Tab. 

 Element, p. 169. 



Ass. Penn. Quadr. i. p. 102. Penn. Brit. Zool. i. 

 p. 13. Shaw's Gen. Zool. ii. p. 429, tab. 216. Smellie's 

 Buflfon, iii. p. 398, tab. 12. Bing. Anim. Biog. 3d. edit. 

 ii. p. 109. 



1 . The Mule. The hybrid produce of a male Ass and a 

 Mare : barren. Equus asinus mulus. Linn. 



Head large and clumsy, ears long and erect, mane short, tail 

 thin. 



Equus hybridus ex asino et equa, sterilis. Equus 

 (asinus) mulus. Linn. Syst. Nat. Gmel. gen. 33, sp. 2, 

 var. y. i. p. 212. Erxleben, Syst. regn. animal, gen. 24, 

 sp. 2, var. y . p. 215. 



Equus asinus , var. 3. Mule. Turton, i. p. 123. 

 Kerr, p. 345. 



Mulus. Brisson, regn. animal, p. 103. Klein, quad, 

 disp. p. 6. Gesner, p. 702. Ruysch, i. pa. 1, p. 15. 



Mulus 



