Talk:Animals/@comment-24740671-20140327030808

The "mules" in MLP are actually donkeys. Mules inherit some horse-like traits from their mother, the mare, and their father, the jack. Most notably mules inherit the long ears of the donkey and have the tail of a horse. If you look at the tails of the "mules" in Equestria you will see donkey tails not horse or pony-like tails. So therefore they are actually donkeys and not mules.