Some Morphological Traits of Odd–Toed Ungulates Raised in Turkey

This study was carried out to determine some body measurements of the Malakan Horse, Turkish Mule and Anatolian Donkey. To this end, data belonging to total of 106 (57 male and 49 female) horses, 144 (75 male and 69 female) mules and 194 (124 male and 70 female) donkeys were analyzed by using the Minitab 15 statistical software program using ANOVA and t–test. Descriptive statistics of Turkish Malakan Horse were 142.9±0.48, 142±0.46, 146.1±0.79, 163.2±1.09, 66.7±0.42, 19.1±0.16, 56.4±0.38 and 12.8±0.16 for withers height, height at rump, body length, heart girth circumference, chest depth, cannon circumference, head length and ear length, respectively. The means values of Turkish Mule for withers height, height at rump, body length, heart girth circumference, chest depth, cannon circumference, head length and ear length were 131.7±0.59, 132±0.58, 135.1±0.60, 149±0.62, 60.5±0.38, 16.3±0.12, 55.2±0.37 and 19.8±0.17 cm, respectively. The mean values of Anatolian Donkey for withers height, height at rump, body length, heart girth circumference, chest depth, cannon circumference, head length and ear length were 102.3±0.53, 104.3±0.50, 105.2±0.57, 113.5±0.49, 45.7±0.30, 13.6±0.08, 48.7±0.22 and 21.9±0.14 cm, respectively.