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Grevy's zebras can survive up to a week without water, but will drink daily when it is plentiful. [20] They often migrate to better watered highlands during the dry season. [13] Mares require significantly more water when they are lactating. [21] During droughts, the zebras will dig water holes and defend them. [13]
Zebras communicate with various vocalisations, body postures and facial expressions. Social grooming strengthens social bonds in plains and mountain zebras. Zebras' dazzling stripes make them among the most recognizable mammals. They have been featured in art and stories in Africa and beyond.
More Grant’s zebras are in the wild than any other species or subspecies of zebras. Unlike Grevy and mountain zebras, they are not endangered. [ 6 ] Grant’s zebras eat the coarse grasses that grow on the African plains, and they are resistant to diseases that often kill cattle, [ 5 ] so the zebras do well in the African savannas.
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Zebras have a less efficient digestive system than ruminants but food passage is twice as fast. [15] Thus, zebras are less selective in foraging, but they do spend much time eating. The zebra is a pioneer grazer and prepares the way for more specialised grazers such as blue wildebeests and Thomson's gazelles. [9] Lions feeding on a zebra
Professor Philip Riordan, Marwell Wildlife’s director of conservation, said: “The Grevy’s zebra is one of the most endangered mammals in the world and Kenya is the last stronghold for this ...
Equus (/ ˈ ɛ k w ə s, ˈ iː k w ə s /) [3] is a genus of mammals in the family Equidae, which includes horses, asses, and zebras.Within the Equidae, Equus is the only recognized extant genus, comprising seven living species.
Tecalli, a 27-year-old Grevy's zebra, died Oct. 29 at Peoria Zoo as a result of natural causes and complications from a recent medical procedure.