🐎Mountain zebra
The mountain zebra is a zebra species in the family Equidae, native to southwestern Africa. There are two subspecies, the Cape mountain zebra found in South Africa and Hartmann's mountain zebra found in south-western Angola and Namibia.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2019.
- Body mass
- 296 kg
- Body length
- 2.48 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 33 years
Everything we know about the Mountain zebra
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass296 kgCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 296 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Body length2.48 mCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Brain mass548 gCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan33 yearsCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 33 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Generation length11 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Age at maturity2.6 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation363 daysCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 362 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Litter size1COMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 1AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Trophic levelHerbivoreCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleCrepuscular / mixedCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Home range7.4 km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Population density0.03 per km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l296 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Mountain zebra yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderPerissodactyla
- ›familyEquidae
- ›genusEquus
- ›speciesEquus zebra
- classMammals · Mammalia
- orderOdd-toed hoofed animals · Perissodactyla
- genusEquus
- subgenusHippotigris
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderLaurasiatheria
- orderOdd-toed hoofed animals · Perissodactyla
- familyEquidae
- genusEquus
- subgenusHippotigris
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