List of livestock animals

Livestock are animals kept by people for use or pleasure.

• Bovine is a term relating to cattle.
• Caprine is a term relating to goats.
• Equine is a term relating to horses, mules, zebras, and asses.
• Herd is a grouping of a single species of livestock. There may be exceptions to the term’s usage outside of cattle, horses, asses, swine, and rabbits.
• Ovine is a term relating to sheep.
• Porcine is a term relating to swine.

Ass is a single hoofed mammal of the genus Equus, related to the horses. They typically have a smaller build and longer ears.

• Ass is the correct term used for a donkey, burro, or jackstock.
• Burro is the Spanish term used for donkey (generally used west of the Mississippi)
• A hinny is a hybrid animal that is produced when a female ass (jennet) is crossed with a male horse (stallion).
• Horse hinny is the proper term for a male hinny over three years of age.
• Horse mule is the proper term for a male mule over 3 years of age.
• Jack is a male ass. (Note – young jacks are not referred to as colts)
• Jackstock is the plural referring to American Mammoth jacks and jennets. These animals are properly termed asses and are not referred to as donkeys, and never called burros.
• Jennet or jenny is a female ass. (Note – a young jennet or jenny is not referred to as a filly)
• Jennet jack a male ass used to produce donkeys.
• John is an informal term for a male mule.
• Mule is a hybrid animal that is produced when a male ass (jack) is crossed with a female horse (mare).
• Mule colts (males) and mule fillies (females) are young mules under 3 years of age.
• Mule jack is a male ass used to produce mules.
• Mare hinny is the proper term for a female hinny over three years of age.
• Mare mule is the proper term for a female mule over three years of age.
• Molly is an informal term for a female mule.