What kind of animal is a zebra with white stripes?
Zebras, together with horses and asses, are members of the Equus genus. The three living species of zebras that roam eastern and southern Africa with their coat of dark hair broken by stripes of white, unpigmented hair, are the only striped equids.
How many vertebrae does a giraffe have in its neck?
Despite the vast difference in neck length, the okapi (left) and the giraffe (right) both have seven cervical vertebrae (as do all mammals except for manatees and sloths). The earliest members of the Giraffidae first appeared in the early Miocene in Africa, having diverged from the superficially deer-like climacoceratids.
Where do zebras spend most of their time?
Zebras spend most of their time in open grasslands where their stripes are conspicuous, and little time in the woods where stripes might camouflage them. They also tend to run from threat rather than hide. And lions appear to have no trouble eating lots of zebras.
Why are there so many flies on zebras?
The horseflies hovered around zebras and horses in similar amounts, but far fewer flies landed on zebras – or horses with striped coats. The flies would try to land on the stripes, but then fail to decelerate as they normally would approaching a non-striped surface, and bounce off.
Zebras, together with horses and asses, are members of the Equus genus. The three living species of zebras that roam eastern and southern Africa with their coat of dark hair broken by stripes of white, unpigmented hair, are the only striped equids.
What makes an okapi a giraffe or a zebra?
Males are actually very territorial, although they seem to have no problem tolerating each other when forced to interact. Another notable characteristic of the okapi is it’s long, giraffe-like tongue, which it uses to strip leaves and buds from trees; and to clean itself (it’s tongue is long enough to reach the inside of it’s ear).
Zebras spend most of their time in open grasslands where their stripes are conspicuous, and little time in the woods where stripes might camouflage them. They also tend to run from threat rather than hide. And lions appear to have no trouble eating lots of zebras.
Despite the vast difference in neck length, the okapi (left) and the giraffe (right) both have seven cervical vertebrae (as do all mammals except for manatees and sloths). The earliest members of the Giraffidae first appeared in the early Miocene in Africa, having diverged from the superficially deer-like climacoceratids.