📷 (c) Jonathan Wild, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · CC BY NC
📷 (c) Walt Anderson, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
📷 (c) robehrlich, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
IUCN: Near Threatened
Plains Zebra
Equus quagga
KingdomAnimalia›PhylumChordata›ClassMammalia›OrderPerissodactyla›FamilyEquidae›GenusEquus
About
Plains zebras are social equids that travel in family groups and larger migratory herds. Their stripes may help with individual recognition, thermoregulation, and biting-fly avoidance. By clipping grasses and moving nutrients across landscapes, zebras are important members of savanna grazing communities.
Key Facts
⛰Habitat Grassland, savanna, open woodland, and floodplain
🍃Diet Herbivore — mostly grasses with leaves and stems in dry seasons
📏Size & Weight Body 2–2.6 m; shoulder height 1.1–1.45 m
•weight 175–385 kg
⏳Lifespan 20–25 years wild
🗺Range Eastern and southern Africa
MammalEquid
Key Facts
⛰Habitat Grassland, savanna, open woodland, and floodplain
🍃Diet Herbivore — mostly grasses with leaves and stems in dry seasons
📏Size & Weight Body 2–2.6 m; shoulder height 1.1–1.45 m
•weight 175–385 kg
⏳Lifespan 20–25 years wild
🗺Range Eastern and southern Africa
Photo Credits
#1(c) Jonathan Wild, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · CC BY NC
#2(c) Walt Anderson, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · CC BY NC
#3(c) robehrlich, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · CC BY NC
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