Zebra

Body Structure

Body Structure Explaining

• All zebras have black and white stripes on their back.
• Every zebra has a different pattern on their back, if you look closely .
• The average zebra weight is 770lbs
• 210 to 260cm body length.

Classification/Binomial Nomenclature

• The binomial nomenclature of a zebra is:
• Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Perissodactyl Family: Equidae Genus: Equus Species:Equus zebra, Equus quagga (Burchells), Equus grevyi (Grevys)

Habitat

• Zebra's habitat:
• Wood land, semi desert, open plains, inhabit savannas, and treeless grassland.
• These environment provides them enough food and warm living conditions.

Diet

• Zebra in the zoo eats timothy hay
• Wild zebra eat desiccated plants which many grazers think that the desiccated plants are useless.
• Wild zebra have a highly-specialized metabolism and digestive system.

Predators/Prey

• Predator: Lions, Hyena, Hunting dog, Leopards
• Prey: Grass, Hays
• Zebras are herbivores so they don't have any preys.

Defense from Attack

• The black and white stripe on the zebra's back is a kind of defense for them called camouflage.
• The black and white stripes forms a pattern and a camouflage called disruptive coloration.

Continued.....

• When they got attack from their predators, they uses their disruptive coloration to protect themselves and confuse their predator at the same time

Life cycle

• Their life span is 20 years at average
• The mother holds the baby for 13 months this process is called the gestation.

Interesting Facts

• Can run up to 35 miles per hour.
• Zebras communicate with facial expressions and sounds.
• The zebra's back is white stripe on black skin. You can tell because they have black nose and mouth.
• The Romans called the Grevys zebra hippotigris, and they train them for circus
• Zebras can migrate 1800 miles to find food