Mountain Zebra

Heather ZeebBuchmann5 Period

Statistics

• Habit: Lives in small herds

• Diet: Mainly grass• Call: Neighs like a

horse• Lifespan: twenty-

eight years.

Size

• Height to shoulders: 3-4 ft.

• Length: - Head and body:

7ft. -Tail: 1 ½ feet• Weight: around

570 pounds

Mountain zebra location

Key: Yellow is the area that the mountain zebra is located.

Breeding info.

• Sexual maturity: two years

• Gestation: 11 ½ to 12 months

• Mating season: usually spring

• Number of young: usually 1

Habitat

Eating

• The mountain zebra spends many hours grazing.

• It searches for the most tender grass.

• If there is no grass the mountain zebra will eat bark, leaves, buds, or fruit of trees.

Did you know?• Mountain zebras graze

for 60-80% of the day.• The mountain zebra is

well adapted to arid conditions.

• They can survive three days without water

• When searching for water the zebras can dig down as deep as three feet.

Picture links

• http://animal.discovery.com/guides/endangered/mammals/gallery/mountain_zebra.jpg

• http://www.south-africa-tours-and-travel.com/images/mznp-mountain-zebras-vince-o-sullivan-mountainzebranationalpark.jpg

• http://www.animalcorner.co.uk/wildlife/zebra/graphics/mountmaplge.jpg

• http://www.firstnews.co.uk/site_data/images/tebogo_4d87478ebf6ea.jpg

• http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSWVmkgm48YSO9jhpvBHiatGactygagGWbGwydLu2wv42TuochR

• http://www.safari-guide.co.uk/images/gallery/cape-mountain-zebra.jpg

Works cited

• King,Judith:wildlife fact file.Pittiburg,PA.:International Masters publishers,1997.