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A pack animal, also known as a sumpter animal or beast of burden, is a working animal used to transport goods or materials by carrying them, usually on its back.
Horse packing with traditional Australian pack saddle
A nomad's pack camel in Eyl, Somalia
Pack reindeer with Sami driver from The land of the midnight sun, c. 1881
1900 advertisement showing pack yaks in Tibet
Donkey
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The donkey or ass is a domesticated equine. It derives from the African wild ass, Equus africanus, and may be classified either as a subspecies thereof, Equus africanus asinus, or as a separate specie
Pack animal
…goods or materials by carrying them, usually on its back. Domestic animals of many species are used in this way, among them alpacas, Bactrian camels, donkeys, dromedaries, gaur, goats, horses, llamas, mules, reindeer, water buffaloes and yaks. Traditional pack animals include ungulates such as camels, the…
Donkey in Clovelly, North Devon, England
Donkey in an Egyptian painting c. 1298–1235 BC
The Baudet du Poitou is among the largest breeds of donkey
At a livestock market in Niger