zebra

[tigerlily11]

Just wanted to know. Are zebras classed as horses or are they more like donkeys.
Thanks for ur time

[warpig3]

They are from the horse family but I would imagine that donkeys are too.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zebra

[warpig3]

Yep, donkeys are too.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donkey

[tigerlily11]

I'm a bit vague on this whole area. I undersatnd that they are all of the same family but are zebras closer to donkeys or horses. They certainly sound like donkeys.
I also wondered why, unlike horses and donkeys, were they never domesticated?
Again thanks for ur time.

[Peter Pedant]

domestication - oh that is a good one

they have to be domesticatable

Look at dogs - we didnt domesticate them, they sort of cozied up to humans as an evolutionary step = couldnt wait to stop having to find their own dinner

[tigerlily11]

you know what I mean. For heavens sake I'm just asking why zebras were never used for riding and so on.
Don't bother replying if u can't answer an simple question please.

[tigerlily11]

Thanks for those bits warpig at least after I read the whole thing I can see why they were not domestcated.
I just got a chance to read the whole piece, had trouble loading the page from that site.