The 3 Types of Zebras (and 11 Species) - Wildlife Informer
网页The plains zebra is the most common of the three zebra species, and it is the most widespread across Africa. There are six subspecies of plains zebra, and they can be found from South Africa to Ethiopia and East Africa. Just like every other type of zebra, these animals have a black and white striped pattern. 2. Burchell’s Zebra
Are Zebras White with Black Stripes or Black with White Stripes?
网页What’s important about zebras is that their white fur represents an absence of melanin; white is not its own pigment. Since white stripes only exist because pigment is denied, black is understood to be the “default” colour of a zebra. Beneath …
A baby black zebra - Africa Geographic
网页2014年5月2日 · A baby black zebra. Earlier this month a traveller came across this newborn black zebra in the north-western area of the Okavango Delta. The rather unusual dark colour is due to a small genetic abnormality linked to the amount of melanin affecting the pigmentation of the fur.
Zebra - Wikipedia
网页Zebras (US: / ˈ z iː b r ə z /, UK: / ˈ z ɛ b r ə z, ˈ z iː-/) [2] (subgenus Hippotigris) are African equines with distinctive black-and-white striped coats. There are three living species: Grévy's zebra (Equus grevyi), the plains zebra (E. …
Zebra | Size, Diet, & Facts | Britannica
网页Zebra, any of three species of strikingly black-and-white striped mammals of the horse family Equidae (genus Equus). All zebras are dark-skinned animals. The zebra’s stripes arise from melanocytes (specialized skin cells) that selectively determine the pigmentation of the animal’s fur.
The truth behind why zebras have stripes - BBC
网页2019年12月11日 · The three living species of zebras that roam eastern and southern Africa with their coat of dark hair broken by stripes of white, unpigmented hair, are the only striped equids. Striping patterns...
Spotted in Kenya: A Baby Zebra With Polka Dots | Smithsonian
网页2019年9月19日 · At the Masai Mara National Reserve in Kenya, a tour guide and photographer named Antony Tira recently caught sight of an unusual foal, its deep black coat covered with white spots.
Rare Zebra Foal With Polka Dots Spotted In Kenya - Forbes
网页2019年9月26日 · This rare black zebra foal was first spotted and photographed early one fine September morning near the Mara River by Antony Tira, a respected Maasai tour guide and photographer at the Matira...
Zebra Fact Sheet | Blog | Nature - PBS
网页2020年8月18日 · The zebra is known for its black and weight striped pattern. It is a member of the Equus family and is most closely related to horses and donkeys. The three species differ slightly in...
Grevy's zebra | Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation …
网页Now confined to northern Kenya and southern and eastern Ethiopia, Grevy's zebras have faced one of the greatest range reductions of any African mammal. They no longer live in Somalia, Eritrea and Djibouti, and may be gone from Sudan as well. There may be fewer than 2,500 Grevy's zebras in the wild.