Mountain Zebras

Mountain Zebras

How To Tell The difference? If you look closely, you'll notice that there are actually many different kinds of zebras. You can tell a Mountain Zebra by its wider stripes and the longer hair on the end of its tail              What They Eat? The mountain zebra is an herbivore.  It mainly eats             grass but will sometimes eat other types of plants.  Mountain zebras like green plants with many leave over darker plants.  Mountain zebras also find a spot where many   minerals are and will lick it to get the minerals.  Also, mountain zebras eat      bark and stems of plants.  They also eat    nuts, grains, and seeds.( See food below on left)

Mountain zebras inhabit the mountainous regions of South Africa and Namibia.  The can be found up to 6560 feet in the mountains but move lower in the winter.  The Hartmann's mountain zebra inhabits the dry area in the mountains on the edge of the Namib Desert. Body Length: 220 cm / 7.3 ft. Shoulder Height: 120-130 cm / 4-4.3 ft. Tail Length: 50 cm / 20 in. Weight: 260-370 kg / 572-814 lb.

Mountain Zebra Social Structure

Mountain zebra are most active in the early morning and late afternoon. They spend up to half of the daylight hours feeding. Mountain zebra live in herds consisting of one adult male (stallion), one to five adult females (mares) and their young. The stallion is the dominant member of the herd. Sometimes herds come together to form temporary groups of up to 30 individuals.

Mountain zebra never form the large herds characteristic of Plains zebra, however, they do exhibit a harem-type social system. During the winter they move up to 20 kilometers from a water source. Where they are in danger of being hunted, Mountain zebra water at night, however, when they are not in danger of being hunted, they water at any time.

Senses

Zebra have very good eyesight during the day and night. They have good vision in the front and can probably see in color. They also have excellent hearing that can hear sounds from far away. Mountain zebra also have great sense of taste and can notice differences in there food.

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