Donkey Donkey 1 Arp 750px Conservation Status Domesticated Scientific Classification E Kingdom:Animalia Phylum:Chordata Cla Royalty-Free Stock Photo

Traditionally, the scientific name for the donkey is Equus asinus asinus based on the principle of priority used for scientific names of animals. However, the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature ruled in 2003 that if the domestic species and the wild species are considered subspecies of one another, the scientific name of the wild species has priority, even when that subspecies was described after the domestic subspecies.