Zebra are closely related to the domesticated horse, sharing a genus (Equus) and a common ancestor. They stand nearly five feet at the shoulder, live in small family groups or ...

Other members of the genus Equus are donkeys (Equus asinus), the Asiatic ass (Equus hemionus), the kiang (Equus kiang) and the zebra (Equus grevyi, Equus zebra and Equus burchelli).

A Cornish zoo has welcomed a new arrival - a male zebra from Devon. Seven-year-old Parsley, a Chapman's zebra (Equus quagga chapmani) made the journey from Dartmoor Zoo down to Newquay Zoo.

Plains zebra (Equus quagga) standing on the plains of the Mara The plains zebra is the most common and widespread of the three recognised zebra species. With that unmistakable black-and-white ...

Hartmann’s mountain zebras (Equus zebra hartmannae) are found in far south-western Angola and western Namibia in Africa. Their average lifespan is 20 years or more with the oldest mountain zebra ...

The distinctive zebra is part of the genus Equus group of animals, which also includes horses and donkeys. Native to Africa, its most distinctive feature is, of course, the black-and-white stripes ...

The fossilised hoofprints of a giant zebra that lived some 10,000 years ago have been found preserved in ancient dunes near the coast of South Africa.The Giant Cape Zebra — Equus capensis — is ...

We refer to the plate of giraffes and zebras facing p. 42, where the animal purporting to be the true or mountain zebra (Equus zebra) is the northern race of the bontequagga, or Burchell's zebra ...

Closely related to horses and donkeys, zebra are also part of the genus Equus. In Texas , owning an exotic animal such as a zebra is legal since there aren't any bans or permits required to keep one.