Catalan donkey

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Catalan
FAO (2007): endangered-maintained[1]: 108 
  • DAD-IS (2020): at risk[2]
    • Other names
    • Catalana
    • Ruc Català, Catalan pronunciation: [ˈruk kətəˈla]
    • Ase Català
    • Asno Catalán
    • Raza Asinia Catalana[2]
    • Raza Ausetana
    • Garañón de Vic
    • Guarà de Vic[3]: 22 
    Country of originSpain, France
    Distribution
    StandardMAPA (in Spanish)
    Traits
    Weight
    • 350–450 kg (800–1000 lb)[4]
    Height
    • Male:
      145–160 cm (57–63 in)[3]: 22 
    • Female:
      135–150 cm (53–59 in)[3]: 22 
  • Equus asinus
    • a group of dark-coloured donkeys with pale noses

    The Catalan (Catalan: Ase Català or Ruc Català, Spanish: Asno Catalán) is a breed of large domestic donkey from the historic region of Catalonia, now in north-eastern Spain and south-western France. Approximately 80% of the breed population is in the modern autonomous community of Catalonia, and approximately 20% is in the historic Roussillon region of France.[5]

    History

    The Catalan breed is considered to be very old;[6] Pliny the Elder mentions donkeys on the Plain of Vic, in the comarca of Osona.[5][6] Some believe it to be related to the Mallorquín and the Zamorano-Leonés donkey.[7]

    It originates in the basins of the

    Ministerio de Agricultura, Alimentación y Medio Ambiente, the Spanish ministry of agriculture, listed the breed as "in danger of extinction".[5]

    The Catalan has been exported to many countries, among them Algeria, Congo, Madagascar, Tunisia and Zaire in Africa; Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Cuba and the United States in the Americas; and also Australia, Germany, India and the United Kingdom.

    Asino di Pantelleria in Italy. In the United States it played an essential part in the development of the American Mammoth Jack: a Catalan jack known as Imported Mammoth, brought to Charleston in South Carolina in 1819, was widely used for breeding in parts of Kentucky, Missouri and Tennessee.[3]
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    Characteristics

    The Catalan is a large donkey, and generally weighs between 350–450 kg.[4] Height at the withers is some 145–160 cm for jacks, about 10 cm less for jennies.[3]: 22 

    Use

    The traditional use of the Catalan was as a sire for

    Toro de Osborne image widespread in other parts of Spain.[3]
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    References

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    1. ISBN 9789251057629
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    2. ^ a b Breed data sheet: Catalana / Spain (Ass). Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed December 2020.
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    4. ^ a b c Resolución ARP/680/2002, de 26 de marzo, por la que se reglamenta el Libro Genealógico de la raza asnal catalana (in Spanish). Ministerio de Agricultura, Alimentación y Medio Ambiente. Archived 4 March 2016.
    5. ^ a b c d Raza equino asnal Catalana: Datos generales (in Spanish). Ministerio de Agricultura, Alimentación y Medio Ambiente. Archived 19 May 2016.
    6. ^ a b c d e Jordi Jordana Vidal (updated 2018). Ase Català: Origen i Història (in Catalan). Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona: Facultat de Veterinària, Departament de Ciència Animal i dels Aliments. Archived 10 May 2021.
    7. ^ Ase català (in Catalan). Generalitat de Catalunya: Departament d'Agricultura, Ramaderia, Pesca, Alimentació i Medi Natural. Accessed July 2014.
    8. ^ Waltraud Kugler, Hans-Peter Grunenfelder, Elli Broxham (2008). Donkey Breeds in Europe: Inventory, Description, Need for Action, Conservation; Report 2007/2008. St. Gallen, Switzerland: Monitoring Institute for Rare Breeds and Seeds in Europe. Archived 2 September 2009.
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    11. ^ [s.n.] (7 March 2012). Mor el 'pare' del ruc català (in Catalan). El Punt Avui. Archived 14 July 2014.
    12. ^ Raza equino asnal Catalana: Datos censales (in Spanish). Ministerio de Agricultura, Alimentación y Medio Ambiente. Accessed May 2014.



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