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I believe the established name for this hybrid is "zebrass." I saw them called that twenty years ago.
Through meiosis, two gametes are formed, which are haploid. That means they have half the number of chromosomes as the diploid cells. When they form a zygote, they add their chromosomes together. That means have the diploid number from the zebra, and half the diploid number from the donkey. 23+31= 54. The offspring will likely be infertile as their gametes will have 27 chromosomes.