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The plains zebra is the national animal of the Republic of Botswana and its stripes are depicted on the country's flag. The flag stripes also represent racial harmony in the country. [41] The zebra has also been associated with beauty and the women of various societies would paint much of their bodies in stripes.
Grévy's zebra populations are estimated at less than 2,000 mature individuals, but they are stable. Mountain zebras number near 35,000 individuals and their population appears to be increasing. Plains zebra are estimated to number 150,000–250,000 with a decreasing population trend. Human intervention has fragmented zebra ranges and populations.
Grévy's zebra stallions have large testicles and can ejaculate a large amount of semen to replace the sperm of other males. [23] This is a useful adaptation for a species whose mares mate polyandrously. Bachelors or outside territorial stallions sometimes "sneak" copulation of mares in another stallion's territory. [23]
Limax maximus (literally, "biggest slug"), known by the common names great grey slug and leopard slug, is a species of slug in the family Limacidae, the keeled slugs. [4] It is among the largest keeled slugs, Limax cinereoniger being the largest.
The mountain zebra (Equus zebra) is a zebra species in the family Equidae, native to southwestern Africa. There are two subspecies, the Cape mountain zebra ( E. z. zebra ) found in South Africa and Hartmann's mountain zebra ( E. z. hartmannae ) found in south-western Angola and Namibia.
He posted pictures of the animals as three still roamed free, before troopers and the public came together to secure their capture. "This is a first for me and all [State Patrol] troopers involved ...