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Zebra

Plains zebra and its subspecies range widely from the savannas of southern Sudan to Zambia and as far south as South Africa. They are abundant in Kenya and Tanzania. Grevy's zebras are found only in northern Kenya's arid grasslands and tend to occupy the same grazing areas and water sources year round. Mountain zebra are found only in rugged mountainous regions in scattered parts of South Africa and Namibia.

Zebras have specially developed stomachs that let them graze on course grass that other grazing animals may avoid. They browse in wooded grasslands and actively feed most of the day, resting from time to time. They never wander more than about 20 miles (32 km) from a water source. Grevy's can withstand more arid grasslands.

Zebras live in social groups of multiple females with their young, accompanied by a dominant stallion. There are also herds of non-breeding males who follow the herd but are kept away from females by the dominant stallion. Like horses, zebras like to roll and dust-bathe, and they scratch themselves by rubbing against trees. Their chief predators are lions and sometimes packs of spotted hyenas.

Below is the Zebra picture gallery. Click on the 'next' or 'back' button to navigate through the pictures.

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Game Drives & Safaris

Find out more about our game drives and view Zebras up close in their natural environment.

View other remarkable wildlife found in Southern Africa.

· African Elephant
· Black Backed Jackal
· Buffalo
· Cheetah · Giraffe
· Hyena
· Impala
· Kudu
· Leopard
· Lion
· Rhinocerous
· Wild Dog

	With each distinctive pattern the gracious zebra, Equus, are often seen gathering in large herds on open grasslands and drinking knee deep from waterholes. Africa has three zebra species. Plains (or Burchell's) zebra, the most abundant, is stocky and has short ears, a long mane, and usually "shadow stripes," a sort of paler stripe overlaying the white stripe. Grevy's zebra is the largest zebra, with a massive head and the classic narrow black and white stripes. Mountain zebra and the slightly larger Hartmann's mountain zebra have a distinctive gridiron pattern on their rumps.