Balkan donkey

The Balkan donkey or mountain donkey, Serbian: Domaći balkanski magarac, is a breed or group of breeds of domestic donkey originating in the Balkan region.^[1] It is reported from Serbia^[1] and Montenegro.^[2]

Balkan donkey

Balkan donkey
Other names	Domaći balkanski magarac Mountain donkey Domestic Balkan donkey
Country of origin	Balkans
Use	transport burden meat milk
Donkey Equus asinus

A herd of about 120 Balkan donkeys in the Zasavica Reserve, Sremska Mitrovica, Serbia, are used to make the world's most expensive cheese, pule cheese.^[3][4]

Country	Name(s)	English name(s) if used	Notes	Image
Albania	Comune[5]: 2 [6] Gomari[7]: 17
Bosnia and Herzegovina		Herzegovinian[7]: 20 [8]: 17
Bulgaria		Bulgarian[8]: 21	not reported to DAD-IS
Croatia	Istarski Magarac[7]: 21 [5]: 32	Istrian Donkey
	Primorsko Dinarski Magarac[7]: 21 [5]: 32	Littoral Dinaric Donkey
	Sjeverno-Jadranski Magarac[7]: 21 [5]: 32	North Adriatic Donkey
Greece	Ellinikon[7]: 31	Greek Ass
Kosovo
Montenegro
North Macedonia
Romania		Romanian Ass[5]: 94
Serbia	Domaci Balkanski Magarac[5]: 102	Domestic Balkan Ass
		Italian[5]: 102
Slovenia	wsu	Istrian[9]