Zebras

1.The Zebra is a part of the horse family, Equidae, native to central and southern Africa.

2.Zebras are most well known for their distinctive black and white stripes.

3.Zebras are black with whites stripes.

4.These stripes are typically vertical on the head, neck, forequarters, and main body, with horizontal stripes at the rear and on the legs of the animal.

5.There are four extant species, as well as several subspecies. Zebra populations vary a great deal.

6.The Plains Zebra is the most common.

7.The Mountain Zebra of southwest Africa tends to have a sleek coat with a white belly and narrower stripes than the Plains Zebra. It has two subspecies and is classified as endangered.

8.Attempts have been made to train zebras for both riding and draft use, both for novelty value and due to their better resistance than horses to diseases in Africa.

9.One of the strongest pieces of evidence for black with white stripes, rather than white with black stripes comes from abnormal zebras where the 'stripes' form as dots and blotches rather than lines.

10.In 1907, Rosendo Ribeiro, the first doctor in Nairobi, Kenya, used a riding zebra for doing house calls.