2. Donkey meat has health-care functions such as enriching blood, benefiting qi and tonifying deficiency. The famous snack is Baoding spiced donkey meat, which is produced in Dezhou, Shandong Province. Leather is flexible and thick, which can be used for tanning and has medicinal value. It is the raw material of precious Chinese medicine "Ejiao".
Donkeys, mammals, Chiroptera, Equidae, Equus, horses and donkeys all belong to Equus, also known as Erdonkey, but they are different species. They have the same origin, smaller than horses and zebras, but have many common characteristics with horses: the third toe is well developed and hoofed, and the other toes are degraded.
The image of a donkey is like a horse, mostly taupe and not dignified. It has a big head and long ears, a slightly narrow chest, thin limbs and a short trunk, so its height and length are roughly the same, and it is square. Thin neck skin, small and firm hooves, strong physique and strong resistance. Donkeys are strong, resistant to extensive farming, not easy to get sick, and have the advantages of docile temperament, diligence and obedience.
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Classification of donkeys:
China has a vast territory. Donkeys were domesticated earlier than horses and mules, and raising donkeys has a long history. Donkeys can be divided into large, medium and small according to their size. The five excellent donkeys in China are Guanzhong Donkey, dezhou donkey Donkey, Guangling Donkey, Biyang Donkey, Xinjiang Donkey and Big Donkey.
1, a large donkey, mainly distributed in the Central Plains and hilly areas with developed agriculture and superior feed conditions.
2. The medium-sized donkey is Biyang donkey, and its height is between 1 10- 130 cm.
3. There are mainly Xinjiang donkeys with arid desert ecotype and Liangzhou donkeys with arid semi-desert ecotype in Xiao Lv. Xiji donkey, rolling donkey in alpine sandy land, plain ecotype northeast donkey and plateau mountain type southwest donkey are mostly distributed in North China, Gansu, Xinjiang, Yunnan and other places, and the height of donkeys in these areas is between 85- 1 10 cm.
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