To visualize in a dynamic way the standard of the Cotentin donkey,
move your mouse on the various areas on the body of the donkey
below.
You will see under the photo the description of the selected
zone.
SIZE:
At 4 years, the male stands at 1,20m (11.1hh) to 1,35m (13.1hh)
and the female at 1,15m (11.1hh) to 1,30m (12.3hh).
The minimal sizes indicated can be decreased by 3cm if the type
and conformation are excellent.
COAT:
Ash grey, blue grey or dove grey with a defined cross and some donkeys
have leg stripes. The coats that are excluded: bay-brown, black
and white.
TAIL:
The colour is the same as the coat.
BELLY:
White grey, including the breast, the groin and the inner of the thighs.
HEAD:
Straight, formed well to the neck. With or without reddish shades. The
forehead is the same colour is shades of black to dark is grey/white.
END OF NOSE:
Shades of black to dark grey.
EARS:
With good dimensions (half the facial length), opened well, with the circumference
and the base darker.
EYES:
Bright, with glasses grey-white, sometimes encircled the russet-red one,
well marked arch of the eyebrows.
