Donkey than hinnies, making them more desirable for breeders to produce. The offspring of a zebra-donkey cross is called a zonkey, zebroid, zebrass, or zedonk; "zebra mule" is an older term, but still used in some regions today. The foregoing terms generally refer to hybrids produced by breeding a male zebra to a female donkey. "Zebra hinny, zebret" and "zebrinny" all refer to the cross of a female zebra with a male donkey. Zebrinnies are rarer than zedonkies because female zebras in captivity are most valuable when used to produce full-blooded zebras. There are not enough female zebras breeding in captivity
The Female of the Species (poem) "Female of the Species". The title was again lifted in 2006 for Joanna Murray-Smith's satirical play "The Female of the Species". A 1946 novel by James Hadley Chase was titled "More Deadly Than The Male". Another novel, written by Mindy McGinnis, is titled “The Female of the Species.” In 1984, Off Centaur Publications released an audio tape cassette album titled "The Horse-Tamer's Daughter" featuring a song based on the poem, set to music by Leslie Fish and performed by Julia Ecklar. In 1998, the song was nominated for a Pegasus Award for "Best Adaptation" by a ballot of science fiction