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Grévy's zebra (Equus grevyi), the largest of all wild equines. Each zebra has a unique stripped pattern - no two are alike. Zebras have a fat pad under their mane that keeps it standing straight up.
San Diego Zoo is a member of the Grevy's Zebra Trust in Kenya, working to preserve the population.
Conservation Status: Endangered
Lewa Wildlife Conservancy
Kenya
East Africa
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Lone zebra on the plains of the conservancy.
Grévy's zebra (Equus grevyi) is the largest of all wild equines and the most threatened of the three species of zebra. Compared with other zebras, it is tall, has large ears, and its stripes are narrower. Found almost exclusively in northern Kenya, the 2018 Great Grevy's Zebra census results indicated that Kenya is now home to 2,350 Grevy’s zebras, 90% of the world’s population. The Lewa Wildlife Conservancy located in the foothills of Mt. Kenya is the home to ~12% of the world's Grevy's zebra and is actively involved in its conservation.
Photo by Charlotte Blanchet – Lotus Blanc
Lewa Wildlife Conservancy
Kenya
East Africa
The Lewa Wildlife Conservancy (also known as Lewa Downs) is located in northern Kenya. It was formed in 1995. It is a wildlife sanctuary incorporating the Ngare Ndare Forest and covering over 62,000 acres (250 km2). The Conservancy is home to a wide variety of wildlife including the rare and endangered black rhino, Grevy's zebra and sitatunga. It also includes the big five (lion, leopard, elephant, rhino and African buffalo). Lewa holds over 12% of Kenya's black rhino population and the largest single population of Grevy's zebras in the world (approximately 350 individuals).
The Conservancy is also home to the Northern Rangelands Trust, an innovative partnership with a number of communities to the north who have given land for the preservation of wildlife. Lewa has its own education program that helps develop schools and students. Lewa Wildlife Conservancy is located south of Isiolo town but north of Mount Kenya.
Zebras, Lincoln Park Zoo, Chicago
Zebras are African equines with distinctive black-and-white striped coats. There are three living species: the Grévy's zebra, plains zebra, and the mountain zebra. Zebras share the genus Equus with horses and asses, the three groups being the only living members of the family Equidae.
Das Grevyzebra (Equus grevyi) ist ein Zebra aus der Gattung der Pferde (Equus) innerhalb der Familie der Pferde (Equidae). Die Art ist nach dem ehemaligen französischen Präsidenten Jules Grévy benannt, dem in den 1880er Jahren ein Tier vom Kaiser Abessiniens geschenkt wurde. Das Grevyzebra lebt im nordöstlichen Afrika, hauptsächlich in Äthiopien und Kenia in trockenen Gebieten und ist eher einzelgängerisch.
Grévy's zebra (Equus grevyi) is the largest of all wild equines and the most threatened of the three species of zebra. Compared with other zebras, it is tall, has large ears, and its stripes are narrower. Found almost exclusively in northern Kenya, the 2018 Great Grevy's Zebra census results indicated that Kenya is now home to 2,350 Grevy’s zebras, 90% of the world’s population. The Lewa Wildlife Conservancy located in the foothills of Mt. Kenya is the home to ~12% of the world's Grevy's zebra and is actively involved in its conservation.
Male Grévy's zebra covered in Africa's red dust.
Grévy's zebra is the largest living wild equid and the most threatened of the species. It is found in parts of Kenya and Ethiopia. Grévy's zebras' physical features can help to identify it from the other zebra species; their overall appearance is slightly closer to that of a mule, compared to the more "equine" (horse) appearance of the plains and mountain zebras. Compared to other zebra species, Grévy's are the tallest; they have mule-like, larger ears, and have the tightest stripes of all zebras. They have distinctively erect manes, and more slender snouts.
The Grévy's zebra live in semi-arid savanna, where they feed on grasses, legumes, and browse, such as acacia; they can survive up to five days without water. They differ from the other zebra species in that they do not live in a harem, and they maintain few long-lasting social bonds. Stallion territoriality and mother–foal relationships form the basis of the social system of the Grévy's zebra. In its native home this zebra is listed by the IUCN as endangered. Its population has declined from 15,000 to 2,000 since the 1970s. In 2016, the population was reported to be "stable"; however, as of 2020, the wild numbers are still estimated at only around 2,250 animals.
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After spending a large part of the weekend at the hospital it was time to get a lens out again, so back to ZSL Whipsnade. Another shot of the Grevy's zebra.
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Lewa Downs
Kenya
East Africa
Grevy's zebras photographed in Lewa Downs in Kenya.
Found within the 65,000 acre wildlife conservancy of the Lewa Wilderness Trust, the conservancy is home to the single largest population of Grevy’s Zebra in the world. It also contains about 10% of Kenya’s Black Rhino population. Because of extremely strict anti-poaching measures, there has been no poaching in Lewa Downs for several years.
According to Wikipedia, the Grévy's zebra (Equus grevyi), also known as the imperial zebra, is the largest extant wild equid and the largest and most endangered of the three species of zebra, the other two being the plains zebra and the mountain zebra. Named after Jules Grévy, it is the sole extant member of the subgenus Dolichohippus. The Grévy's zebra is found in Kenya and Ethiopia. Compared with other zebras, it is tall, has large ears, and its stripes are narrower.
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Zebras stripes are as unique as fingerprints! There are three species of zebra:
1. Burchell's or the plains zebra is most common.
2. The mountain zebra
3,Grévy's zebra is the largest type
Each has its own general pattern. The stripes act as camouflage. The patterns make it difficult for predators to identify just one animal from a running herd, and can distort distance, and may also help zebras recognize one another because of their uniqueness.
They have excellent hearing and eyesight and can run at speeds of up to 35 miles per hour and a powerful kick that can cause serious injury to a predator, like a lion.
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According to the IUCN's Red List of Threatened Species, the plains zebra is notendangered, while the mountain zebra is considered vulnerable and the Grevy's zebra is endangered.
Lewa Wildlife Concervancy
Kenya
East Africa
Grevy's zebra photographed in the Lewa Wildlife Conservancy in Kenya. Found within the 65,000 acre wildlife conservancy of the Lewa Wilderness Trust, the conservancy is home to the single largest population of Grevy’s Zebra in the world.
According to Wikipedia, the Grévy's zebra (Equus grevyi), also known as the imperial zebra, is the largest extant wild equid and the largest and most endangered of the three species of zebra, the other two being the plains zebra and the mountain zebra. Named after Jules Grévy, it is the sole extant member of the subgenus Dolichohippus. The Grévy's zebra is found in Kenya and Ethiopia. Compared with other zebras, it is tall, has large ears, and its stripes are narrower.
Zebras stripes are as unique as fingerprints! There are three species of zebra:
1. Burchell's or the plains zebra is most common.
2. The mountain zebra
3,Grévy's zebra is the largest type
Each has its own general pattern. The stripes act as camouflage. The patterns make it difficult for predators to identify just one animal from a running herd, and can distort distance, and may also help zebras recognize one another because of their uniqueness.
They have excellent hearing and eyesight and can run at speeds of up to 35 miles per hour and a powerful kick that can cause serious injury to a predator, like a lion.
All rights reserved ©Pix.by.PegiSue
According to the IUCN's Red List of Threatened Species, the plains zebra is notendangered, while the mountain zebra is considered vulnerable and the Grevy's zebra is endangered.
A grevy's zebra at the Brevard Zoo in Melbourne, Florida.
See a related video at www.youtube.com/watch?v=0r7g5mQntks
Endangered species.
Lives primarily now in Kenya and Ethiopia, with more and more habitat disappearing all the time. We were lucky to spot this one in the Buffalo Springs National Reserve, Kenya.
Also known as the Imperial Zebra, it is the largest of the 3 types of zebras that survive today and the largest wild equine. Note his white belly and different markings than the Common or Plains Zebra.
More photos to come! Here is my African safari link
Photo by Charlotte Blanchet – Lotus Blanc
Grevy's Zebras were once quite widely distributed in the Horn of Africa, in Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia, their former presence in Eritrea and Djibouti is uncertain but they may have occurred there, now they are classified as endangered, the largest wild populations are in Kenya, otherwise just a handful survive on the Alledeghi Plain near Awash National Park in Ethiopia and in the south of the country on the Kenya border, the species has been extirpated in Somalia.
In 1882 during the Scramble for Africa when the European powers were dividing up the continent, the Ethiopian Emperor Menelik II rightly concerned that Italy had their eyes on his country, wanted to be friends with France, he sent one of these zebras to the then President of France, a Monsieur Jules Grevy, the animal died soon after its arrival and was sent to a museum, a French zoologist Émile Oustalet, noted that it was a different species of zebra that he had not seen before, so he named it Grevy's Zebra (Equus grevyi).
In fact the Zebra sent to France in 1882 was not the first in Europe, these zebras were known to the Romans and imported to be displayed in their arenas, they knew them as hippotigris, which literally translates as horse-tiger. That the Romans were able to obtain Grevy's Zebras, does suggest that at the time, they must have been found further north, at least as far as the Red Sea coast in Eritrea or perhaps even Sudan
Lewa Wildlife Conservancy
Kenya
East Africa
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Grevy's zebra photographed in Lewa Downs in Kenya. Found within the 65,000 acre wildlife conservancy of the Lewa Wilderness Trust, the conservancy is home to the single largest population of Grevy’s Zebra in the world. It also contains about 10% of Kenya’s Black Rhino population. Because of extremely strict anti-poaching measures, there has been no poaching in Lewa Downs for several years.
According to Wikipedia, the Grévy's zebra (Equus grevyi), also known as the imperial zebra, is the largest extant wild equid and the largest and most endangered of the three species of zebra, the other two being the plains zebra and the mountain zebra. Named after Jules Grévy, it is the sole extant member of the subgenus Dolichohippus. The Grévy's zebra is found in Kenya and Ethiopia. Compared with other zebras, it is tall, has large ears, and its stripes are narrower.
The Grévy's zebra (Equus grevyi), also known as the imperial zebra, is the largest living wild equid and the largest and most threatened of the three species of zebra, the other two being the plains zebra and the mountain zebra. Named after Jules Grévy, it is the sole extant member of the subgenus Dolichohippus. The Grévy's zebra is found in Kenya and Ethiopia. Compared with other zebras, it is tall, has large ears, and its stripes are narrower.
The Grévy's zebra lives in semi-arid grasslands where it feeds on grasses, legumes, and browse; it can survive up to five days without water. It differs from the other zebra species in that it does not live in harems and has few long-lasting social bonds. Male territoriality and mother - foal relationships form the basis of the social system of the Grévy's zebra. This zebra is considered to be endangered. Its population has declined from 15,000 to 3,000 since the 1970s. However, as of 2008, the population is stable. (Source: Wikipedia)
This handsome Grevy's Zebra was photographed very early in the morning in Buffalo Springs National Reserve, Kenya.
In black and white, the Grevy’s zebra (Equus grevyi) reveals its purest form, where each stripe becomes a graphic element sculpted by light and shadow. By removing colors, the focus shifts entirely to the mesmerizing contrast, enhancing the depth of its gaze and the intricate texture of its coat.
This dramatic monochrome processing strengthens the visual impact, turning the zebra’s natural patterns into a hypnotic, almost abstract composition. A timeless approach that magnifies the elegance and raw beauty of this majestic creature.
A nice male Grévy's zebra on a foothill enjoying some grass.
Grévy's zebra is the largest living wild equid and the most threatened of the species. It is found in parts of Kenya and Ethiopia. Grévy's zebras' physical features can help to identify it from the other zebra species; their overall appearance is slightly closer to that of a mule, compared to the more "equine" (horse) appearance of the plains and mountain zebras. Compared to other zebra species, Grévy's are the tallest; they have mule-like, larger ears, and have the tightest stripes of all zebras. They have distinctively erect manes, and more slender snouts.
The Grévy's zebra live in semi-arid savanna, where they feed on grasses, legumes, and browse, such as acacia; they can survive up to five days without water. They differ from the other zebra species in that they do not live in a harem, and they maintain few long-lasting social bonds. Stallion territoriality and mother–foal relationships form the basis of the social system of the Grévy's zebra. In its native home this zebra is listed by the IUCN as endangered. Its population has declined from 15,000 to 2,000 since the 1970s. In 2016, the population was reported to be "stable"; however, as of 2020, the wild numbers are still estimated at only around 2,250 animals.
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Shot this b/w portrait of a male grevys zebra ( Equus grevy ) in the Zoo of cologne.
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Lewa Wildlife Conservancy
Kenya
East Africa
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The Grévy's zebra (Equus grevyi), also known as the imperial zebra, is the largest living wild equid and the largest and most threatened of the three species of zebra, the other two being the plains zebra and the mountain zebra. Named after Jules Grévy, it is the sole extant member of the subgenus Dolichohippus. Grévy's zebra is found in Kenya and Ethiopia.
Compared with other zebras, it is tall, has large ears, and its stripes are narrower.
The Grévy's zebra lives in semi-arid grasslands where it feeds on grasses, legumes, and browse; it can survive up to five days without water. It differs from the other zebra species in that it does not live in harems and has few long-lasting social bonds. Male territoriality and mother–foal relationships form the basis of the social system of the Grévy's zebra.
This zebra is endangered. Its population has declined from 15,000 to 3,000 since the 1970s. However, as of 2008, the population is stable. – Wikipedia