Is zebra an animal?

All mammals belong to the mammalian class of vertebrates, which are evolved from reptiles. Is that zebra an animal?

Are zebras beasts?

Zebras are beasts. A zebra is a mammal. The gestation period of the female is about 11-13 months and gives birth every 3 years. Give birth to one litter per birth. Shortly after birth, the cub can stand and walk. The lactation period is about 6 months, and the sexual maturity is 3.5-4 years old. The life span is about 20-30 years.

What do zebras eat?

Zebras are herbivores. In addition to grass, shrubs, branches, leaves and even bark are also their food. The highly adaptable digestive system enables zebras to survive under low nutritional conditions, which is superior to other herbivores. The main food is grass, and sometimes tender leaves are eaten. Not only are group members very friendly, but they also often mix with herbivores such as ostriches, giraffes, antelopes and other herbivores, share the same food, and use each other and exchange information to avoid strong enemies.

What are the kinds of zebras?

1. Plain zebra

The plain zebra is an animal of the genus Equus. It is the most widely distributed zebra on the prairie of East and South Africa. Across the tropics and temperate zones. The Plain zebra has been confirmed to have six subspecies, but with the extinction of the donkey in 1883, only five subspecies survived by 2013. Its distribution extends southward from Sudan and southern Ethiopia in eastern Africa, including Zambia, Mozambique, Malawi, and finally to eastern South Africa and Angola in southwestern Africa.

two。 Mountain zebra

The mountain zebra is an animal of the genus Equus. It is the smallest zebra and the earliest zebra to be named. Head body length 210-260 cm, tail length 40-55 cm, shoulder height 116-150 cm, 240-372 kg. It has long, narrow ears, a short mane, a brownish-yellow tail and thick, few stripes.

3. Fine striped zebra

The fine-striped zebra is the largest of the three zebras. The body length is 2.5-2.75 meters, the tail length is 38-75 cm, the shoulder height is 1.45-1.6 meters, and the weight is 350-450 kg. The stripes and spacing of fine-striped zebras are very narrow, all the way up to the hoof, with a wide neck and no markings on the lower abdomen and the base of the tail. The ears are large and conical. The head is long and narrow, very close to a mule in shape. The mane is long and erect.