Meintest du zebra?
rocky slopes and arid plateau areas of southwestern Africa, Hartmann’s mountain zebras – Hartmann’s mountain zebras are a rare subspecies of the mountain zebra, which is – one of three types of zebras.
one of three types of zebras.
Grevy’s zebras are the largest zebra species. – They have thicker stripes and bigger ears than other zebras.
Grevy’s zebras have many other adaptations that are common to all zebras.
Cheetahs, ostriches, zebras and the critically endangered addax all reside on the
(winter) Cheetahs, ostriches, zebras and the critically endangered addax all reside
Celebrate International Zebra Day by learning all about the largest of these striped equids: the Grevy’s zebra!
What do Grevy’s zebras eat?
Young animals learn what it means to be an animal—what to eat, how to behave and more—from their parents. For Yipes, our 1-year-old male Hartmann’s mountain zebra, those lessons most recently came from his father, 7-year-old Rogan.
Image: Hartmann’s mountain zebras Rogan (left) and Yipes socialize at the fence
Celebrate our Hartmann mountain zebra Yipes turning 1 year old with Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute keepers Tara Buk and Chris Mathews.
Even so, Hartmann’s mountain zebras tend to be very wary of new objects and unfamiliar
How do keepers safely care for an 850-pound Grevy’s zebra? By incorporating training into his everyday routine. Find out more in this update from animal keeper Regina Bakely.
Adult zebras are much too large and strong to be typical cheetah prey.
Michael Brown is a joint postdoctoral fellow with the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute and the Giraffe Conservation Foundation. His research interests center on examining the ecological processes that shape how animals navigate spatiotemporally dynamic environments and how these processes interact across different spatial and temporal scales.
spent the last decade studying these processes through the perspective of Grevy’s zebras
Get a behind-the-scenes glimpse of how keepers at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute enrich the lives of animals by presenting them with toys, training and novel food items.
Playing With Food For SCBI’s Persian onagers and Hartmann’s mountain zebras, playing
Conservation Ecology Center scientists are studying wildlife across a mosaic of private and communal lands in central Kenya where wild animals coexist with people and domesticated animals.
Species include elephants, reticulated giraffes, Grevy’s zebras, lions, and wild
