Mountain Zebras live in herds of two kinds: breeding herds and bachelor herds. Their hooves grow extremely fast to be able to follow adults along the sometimes-steep slopes. They are very resilient in high temperatures but prefer places where water flows, although they can dig for water in the ground. They graze along the contours of the terrain, and the grazing progression is in a zig-zag pattern. The Mountain Zebra’s diet is based on tufted grass, bark, leaves, fruit, and roots from the Savannah vegetation. Image credit: Creative Commons, EcoPic Peaceful Herbivores Their stripes are comparingly lighter and wider than those of the Cape Mountain Zebra, but within the species, stripes have no outstanding difference between sexes. They measure 1.5m at the shoulders and the length of ears 280 mm long, and the tail 500 mm long. Stallions are slightly heavier, weighing an average of 298 kg, while mares are about thirty kilos less. The Hartmann's zebra is the Iconic Species of the Southwest African Coastal Drylands Bioregion ( AT10) Equal in appearanceĪdult males and females (stallions and mares) are indistinguishable, both in size and appearance. Nearing a population size of 13,000, the Hartmann’s Zebra roams along mountain escarpments, slopes, and plateaus 2,000 meters above sea level during the hot summer months and migrates to lower savannah landscapes during winter. The Hartmann’s Mountain Zebra ( Equus zebra hartmannae) is a large grazer that dwells in the mountains of coastal Namibia and southern Angola, occupying a distinct habitat that is not shared with its close relative, the Cape Mountain Zebra ( Equus zebra zebra) in the Southern Cape. One Earth’s “Species of the Week” series highlights an iconic species that represents the unique biogeography of each of the 185 bioregions of the Earth.
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