Zebras are African equines with distinctive black-and-white striped coats. There are three living species: Grévy's zebra, the plains zebra, and the mountain zebra. Zebras share the genus Equus with ho
Plains Zebra Equus quagga cropped
Fossil skull of Equus mauritanicus
Grévy's × plains zebra hybrid, alongside plains zebras
Donkey × plains zebra hybrid, in South Africa
The plains zebra is the most common and geographically widespread species of zebra. Its range is fragmented, but spans much of southern and eastern Africa south of the Sahara. Six or seven subspecies
Zebra
…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. quagga), and the mountain zebra (E. zebra). Zebras share the genus Equus with horses and asses, the three groups being the only living members of…
Equus quagga burchellii Etosha, 2014
The skeleton exhibit in the Kunming Natural History Museum of Zoology, Kunming, Yunnan, China
Close-up of striping pattern of zebra in Tanzania
Zebras migrating with wildebeest in the Maasai Mara