Herberstein Wildlife Park / White Baroque Donkey at the Petting Zoo

Domestic Ass

Equus asinus f. asinus

The white Baroque donkey is less of a working animal and more of a pet. Because of its beautiful white coat, it was kept as a pet during the Baroque period by well-to-do women and children. The white donkey with blue eyes is critically endangered; there are only about 250 left worldwide.

Did you know?

The white Baroque donkey is not an albino, but rather a light-colored variant of flavism, a yellowish coloration. Due to a lack of pigments, its skin is pink and its eyes are water-blue.

Order	odd-toed ungulates
Family	Horses
Distribution	Native to Asia and Africa; Austria, Hungary
Habitat
Food	Grasses, herbs, leaves
Activity	Baroque donkeys are active both day and night
Weight	approx. 150 kg
Size	Shoulder height: 100–130 cm
Service life	about 40 years
Reproduction	Mating season lasts all year round. After a gestation period of 1 year, a foal is born.
Risk	Threatened with extinction—only a few animals remain worldwide.
Enemies	-

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