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Grevy's Zebra:
Scientific Name: Equus grevyi.
Grévy's zebras can mate and give birth year-round, but most mating takes place in the early rainy seasons and births mostly take place in August or September after the long rains.
Gestation of the Grévy's zebra normally lasts 390 days, with a single foal being born.
A newborn zebra will follow anything that moves, so new mothers prevent other mares from approaching their foals while imprinting their own striping pattern, scent and vocalization on them.
This prevents the foal from imprinting on another female as its mother.
From the time their foals are born until the foals reach an age of 3 months, females form small groups (three females and their foals).
Mares may leave their foals in "kindergartens" while searching for water.
The foals will not hide, so they can be vulnerable to predators. However, kindergartens tend to be guarded by an adult, usually a territorial male.
To adapt to a semi-arid environment in the wild, Grévy's zebra foals take longer intervals between suckling bouts and do not drink water until they are 3 months old.
Foals become independent of their mothers after half a year but will continue to follow them for up to three years.
White Oak Conservation Center.
Yulee, Florida
Hey there baby!
Grevy's Zebra:
Scientific Name: Equus grevyi.
Grévy's zebras can mate and give birth year-round, but most mating takes place in the early rainy seasons and births mostly take place in August or September after the long rains.
Gestation of the Grévy's zebra normally lasts 390 days, with a single foal being born.
A newborn zebra will follow anything that moves, so new mothers prevent other mares from approaching their foals while imprinting their own striping pattern, scent and vocalization on them.
This prevents the foal from imprinting on another female as its mother.
From the time their foals are born until the foals reach an age of 3 months, females form small groups (three females and their foals).
Mares may leave their foals in "kindergartens" while searching for water.
The foals will not hide, so they can be vulnerable to predators. However, kindergartens tend to be guarded by an adult, usually a territorial male.
To adapt to a semi-arid environment in the wild, Grévy's zebra foals take longer intervals between suckling bouts and do not drink water until they are 3 months old.
Foals become independent of their mothers after half a year but will continue to follow them for up to three years.
White Oak Conservation Center.
Yulee, Florida