Infraspecies Equus zebra zebra Linnaeus, 1758 (Cape mountain zebra)

Biological classification:
  • kingdom: Animalia
  • - phylum: Chordata
  • -- class: Mammalia
  • --- order: Perissodactyla
  • ---- family: Equidae
  • ----- infraspecies: Equus zebra zebra
Characteristics:herbivore; height: 120 -15cm; The coat is white with close black stripes; the stripes on the buttocks are broad; the stripes go all the way to the hooves; the belly remains white; on the nose there is an orange suffusion;there is a dewlap; males are larger than females;
Countries:
ZA
South Africa
Ecoregions:
AT1201
Albany thickets
AT1203
Montane fynbos and renosterveld
Links:
References:Cillié 1997: 88
Source: http://media.eol.org/data_objects/24895075
Date: 2012-06-23
Place: Eastern Cape, South Africa
Creator: Arthur Chapman
Permission: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License
Comments: Cape Mountain Zebra (Equus zebra zebra) in Mountain Zebra National Park, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Photographed on 23 June 2012. 
Source: http://media.eol.org/data_objects/24894904
Date: 2012-06-23
Place: Eastern Cape, South Africa
Creator: Arthur Chapman
Permission: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License
Comments: Cape Mountain Zebra (Equus zebra zebra) in Mountain Zebra National Park, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Photographed on 23 June 2012.  This National Park waas established to protect these quite rare animals.  
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