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Plains zebra with young

Plains zebra
Equus quagga / Plains zebra

Plains zebras
Habitat
Savannahs and other grasslands
Continent
Africa
Food
Grasses
Gestation/breeding period
12 months
Mode of life
partly huge herds of harems and groups of stallions
Class
Mammals
Order
Perissodactyla

Key facts

~ 1.40 m
size

200 - 300 kg
weight

~ 30 years
age

How endangered are Plains zebras?

by IUCN (Red List of Threatened Species)

  • Not evaluated
  • Data deficient
  • Least concern
  • Plains zebras
    Near threatened
    Near threatened
  • Vulnerable
  • Endangered
  • Critically endangered
  • Extinct in the wild
  • Extinct

Did you know?

The plains zebra reacts to the stripe patterns of members of its own species and can distinguish them by this.

Young zebra

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