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Zebra are uniquely striped members of the equid
(horse) family.
Zebra Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Perissodactyla
Family: Equidae
Genus: Equus Subgenus: Hippotigris
and Dolichohippus
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Other Names:
Zebra in Foreign Languages:
Amharic: yämeda ahya
Arabic: Himaar wáHshiy / Himaar
wáHshiy mukháTTat / Himaar al-zárad
Armenian: zebr/ vagraji
Basque: zebra
Bengali: zebra
Bosnian: zebra
Bulgarian: zebra
Catalan: zebra
Cherokee: soquili tsulolvdi / soquili
tsulisquadanohi
Chinese Mandarin: banma
Croatian: zebra
Czech: zebra
Danish: zebra
Dutch: zebra
Esperanto: zebro
Estonian: sebra
Finnish: seepra
French: zèbre
German: Zebra
Greek: zévros / zévra / ónagros
Hebrew: zébra
Hungarian: zebra
Ido: zebro
Indonesian: zebra
Interlingua: zebra
Italian: zebra
Korean: eollukmal
Lao: maa-laaj
Latin: equus zebra
Luxembourgish: Zebra
Navajo: tééh li´i´'
Norwegian: sebra
Persian: gurasb
Polish: zebra
Portuguese: zebra
Romanian: zebra
Russian: zébra
Scottish Gaelic: asal-stiallach
Roman: zebra
Slovak: zebra
Slovene: zebra
Spanish: cebra
Swahili: punda milia
Swedish: zebra / sebra
Turkish: zebra
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Species: There are a three species of zebras.
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Zebra Species:
Grevy's Zebra - Equus grevyi
Mountain Zebra - Equus zebra
Plains Zebra - Equus quagga
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Size: Zebras stand 3.5 feet to 5 feet at the
shoulder. Zebras are 7 to 9 feet long and they weigh
from 440 to 990 lbs.
Habitat: Zebras are found on only one continent,
Africa. Zebras are found in Northern Zimbabwe to the
Sudan in East Africa. Zebras inhabit grasslands, savannahs,
and some mountainous regions.
Description: Zebras are hoofed animals that
are in the same family as horses, donkeys, and mules.
Zebras have strong, rounded, muscular bodies with long
legs and one toe on each foot.
Senses: Zebras have excellent hearing and eyesight.
Diet: Zebras are herbivores. Zebras graze on
grass, bark, lleaves, buds, fruit, and roots.
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Communication: Zebras communicate through
both sounds and body language. Zebras use whinnying,
braying, and barks to vocalize concerns.
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Did You Know?
A zebra can run up to about 35 miles
per hour.
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Gestation: Zebras carry their young for between
12 to 13 months.
Birth: Zebra mares give birth to a single foal
at a time. The foal will have brown and white stripes
as opposed to black and white stripes.
Sexually Mature: Female zebras become sexually
mature around the age of 3, while male zebras sexually
mature between the ages of 5 and 6.
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Life Span: Zebras live approximately
25 years. Lions, hyenas, wild dogs, leopards,
and cheetahs all prey on zebras.
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Did You Know?
A zebra's stripes are like fingerprints.
Each zebras stripes are unique to that
zebra.
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Social Structure: Zebras are social. A zebras
herd is typically a small family group, made up of a
male, several females, and their young. There is a strict
pecking order in a herd of zebras.
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