The spread of community-based conservation, helped in a large part by responsible tourism practices, is helping to stabilize some herds. The Grevy’s zebra lost 55% of its overall population between 19 in Ethiopia roughly 94% of their total population was lost from1980 to 2003. Grevy’s zebra holds the distinction for one of the most rapid population declines of any mammal in Africa, helped in large part by enthusiasm for its beautiful skin. Today the plains zebra is the most numerous of the three species, but even its numbers may be shrinking. Zebras are already extinct in Burundi and Lesotho and possibly also in the Sudan, Angola, and Somalia. Then there is hunting for meat and trophies which still occurs in some areas regardless of law or regulation. Expanded farming and domestic animal herding intensify competition for grazing areas and water supply, and the effects of civil unrest and war in parts of their range have taken a heavy toll. IUCN Red List assessments for zebras species range from Least Concern to Vulnerable to Endangered – however, all zebra subspecies are under pressure from the effects of human habitat encroachment. Grevy’s zebra: Sometimes called the imperial zebra. See the end of the article: "More on Zebra Species and Subspecies" for more information. Mountain zebra: Does not have any other names that we are aware of if you are familiar with a nick-name for mountain zebras, please let us know and we will add them to our list.
Plains zebra: Also called the common zebra or the painted zebra and sometimes Burchell’s zebra, but actually Burchell’s is the name of one of the plains zebra's six subspecies. Little air currents, like mini-winds, form between the stripes and may help to cool zebras down. Cool down: More concentrated capillaries under black stripes causes them to get hotter than the white. Ankle foul: Aggressive males (again when fighting for the ladies) have been known to fall to their knees (actually wrists) and bite each other ankles.Ĥ. Not only does the tailless stallion usually loose the girl, he also has a permanent reminder in the form of biting flies he cannot switch away.ģ. The tail that got away: Sometimes when two males fight over a female one will bite off the other’s tail. They walk 300 miles from the Chobe River in Namibia to the Nxai Pan, Botswana and back again.Ģ. The longest migration: Recently discovered through radio collaring, a small group of Burchell’s zebras make the longest known migration of any mammal in Africa – but it’s not in the Serengeti.
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