This mammal of the family of horses, come from Africa and its
characteristic pattern of stripes gives him a special feature, besides
being a perfect camouflage. Its size is something less than horse and
three species can be distinguished. One is the mountain zebra, found in
mountainous areas of South Africa years ago and represented a large
group who have to decline by abusive game that has suffered.
It is the smaller, barely reaching 1.3 meters high. It has a body
muscles, short legs, the head of the stripes are brown and brown snout.
Another kind is called common zebra or Burchel, which are located in
the eastern savanna and southern Africa. And the third is the zebra
Grévy actual or presents a height subway and a half and its stripes are
thinner and numerous. At present, there are very few copies of this
species are found in eastern Africa in the areas most barren.
Usually, forming family groups ranging between 5 and 20 members and are
composed of a male stallion, about six females and foals. The dominant
male is facing the rest mark the distance with their females in the age
of reproduction are frequent conflicts between them. Females have a
calf at a time and gestation lasts twelve months. The foal will be with
their parents until two years time from which emancipation and
adulthood begins. The herbs and leaves of trees are their basic food
and need a minimum of water a day so often near rivers or ponds.
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The Zebra