These groups are so close that if a predator injures one individual, fellow members will circle it and attempt to scare the intruder away with their teeth and hooves. Home Animal Facts Mammals Zebra guide: species facts, where they live and migration. Zebra on the Masai Mara, Kenya. Zebras migrating across the savannah. Baby zebra looking out over the Ngorongoro Crater in Tanzania with its mother. Would you want to ride an aggressive animal with a vicious bite and a fatal kick?
Walter Rothschild with his zebra carriage. Zebra stripes. Black with white stripes, not white with black stripes. The basic form of zebras—a large head, sturdy neck, long legs, a dorsal stripe along the spine and down a tasseled tail, and bristly mane—is universal. No zebra, or other wild equid, has a forelock. A mountain zebra has vertical stripes on the neck and torso, which graduate to wider—and fewer—horizontal bars on the haunches. It has a gridiron pattern on the rump, and its white underside has a dark stripe that runs the length of the belly.
The plains zebra is the most abundant and the smallest of the three zebra species. Mountain zebras, as their name implies, inhabit rocky, arid slopes in Namibia and Angola.
Plains zebras, which are the most abundant of the three zebra species, are found from the grasslands of East Africa to the scrubby woodlands of southern Africa. Zebras are herbivores and feed mostly by grazing on grasses, although they also might browse a bit on the leaves and stems of bushes.
They graze for many hours each day, using their strong front teeth to clip off the tips of the grass. Their back teeth then crush and grind the food. Spending so much time chewing wears the teeth down, so those teeth keep growing all their lives. As the dry season arrives and the grasses die back, zebra herds travel to find more food and water holes for drinking.
Most zebras are considered nomadic, without specific territories. The exception is the Grevy's zebra. Stallions of this species mark out territories with urine and dung. The mares, their foals, and immature males wander through as they wish. If food becomes scarce, though, the stallions leave their territories for a while and travel with the larger herds.
In some species, one stallion guards a harem of females, while other species remain in groups, but do not form strong social bonds.
They can frequently change herd structure, and will change companions every few months. Female zebras can have one calf per year. Their gestation period is around — days long, depending on the species. The mother will protect her calf, and it can stand, walk, and run shortly after birth.
This is especially important, as calves are vulnerable to predators. Calves will nurse from their mother for up to one year before being weaned. Animals Network. Chordata Perissodactyla Equidae Equus Mammalia. Red Angus.
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