In Kenya's Maasai Mara, a rare zebra foal named Tira, sporting polka dots instead of stripes, has captivated tourists and scientists alike. First spotted by guide Antony Tira, this unique animal's ...

The zebra, named Tira, gets it peculiar markings from a rare pigment disorder. (Credit: Frank Liu / Frank Liu Photography, with kind permission.) Frank Liu ...

A polka-dotted zebra foal stands close to its mother at the Maasai Mara game reserve in Kenya on September 19, 2019. Tira has a condition called pseudomelanism, a rare genetic mutation that causes ...

Tira is not the only zebra with this rare condition. In 2014, for instance, a similarly spotted zebra was photographed in Botswana. In September 2019, shortly after the photographs of Tira went ...

Tira’s appearance marks the first time that a spotted zebra has been seen at Masai Mara, according to Sayagie, but others like it have been observed in Botswana’s Okavango Delta.

Antony Tira, a Maasai guide who first spotted the foal, named him Tira. Zebra stripes are as unique as fingerprints, but Tira’s odd coloration could be the first recorded observation in the ...

Tira the polka-dotted zebra foal likely has pseudomelanism, a rare genetic condition that makes stripes appear as white spots. ... In Tira and other zebras with pseudomelanism, ...

Tira isn’t the first zebra to exhibit an odd color variation, like partial albinism exhibited in a rare blonde zebra photographed earlier this year in Tanzania's Serengeti National Park.

A rare polka-dot zebra foal has created a stir online after pictures appeared across social media this past week. The equine oddity was spotted at Maasai Mara National Reserve in Kenya, and is ...

NAROK COUNTY, Kenya - A rare zebra with unusual markings was recently spotted at the Maasai Mara National Reserve in Kenya — sporting a dark coat and white polka dots. Anthony Tira, a tour guide ...

A photographer was able to catch a rare sight in Kenya — a zebra with spots instead of stripes. In a post to Instagram, Frank Liu said the foal was spotted at Maasai Mara National Reserve. "Last ...