Re: what is the scientific name for a mule?

Becky,

Mules do not constitute a species, and we do not have a scientific name for mules as a species.

The reason mules are not considered a species is because mules do not reproduce - they are hybrids, the offsprings of a male donkey and a female horse . Mules are almost always sterile (except that, on rare occasions, a female mule can be fertile).

You can find out more about mules at one of these sites:

http://www.imh.org/imh/bw/mule.html

http://www.britishmulesociety.org.uk/