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A visit to the Yorkshire Wildlife Park on the outskirts of Doncaster, Sunday 4th October 2020. The centrepiece of the Into Africa zone is African Plains, a large multi-species paddock themed around the African savannah. Species in the enclosure include ostriches, a mixed group of Rothschild's giraffe and Reticulated giraffe, lechwe, grevy's zebra and common eland. The Grévy's zebra is the largest living wild equid and the largest and most threatened of the three species of zebra.
I was lucky enough to witness the birth of a live Grevy's Zebra (Equus grevyi) foal in the wild in 2009. Grevy's zebra is endangered, with only abou 2500 individuals remaining in the wild. The birth is described and discussed in a scientific paper published in the journal Ethology. The paper is available at www.blaircostelloe.com/Research. To my knowledge, this is the only documented observation of a wild Grevy's zebra birth to date.
Rothschild`s Giraffes, Grévy`s Zebras, Sable Antelopes and cars doing the Autosafari at the Safaripark Beekse Bergen, viewed from the playground near the Hamadryas Baboons
Gumu is apparently Swahili for brave or corageous, but it can also mean stubborn - all of which apply according to his keepers.
Here are some Grevy's zebra facts linked from the National Zoo's website:
The Triad went to The Living Desert (the local zoo) today. We got in free because we are Bank of America customers.
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Perissodactyla
Family:Equidae
Genus:Equus
Subgenus:Hippotigris
Species: Equus quagga
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Record sightings online: fauna.me/species/494592/Equus_quagga
A visit to the Yorkshire Wildlife Park on the outskirts of Doncaster, Sunday 4th October 2020. The centrepiece of the Into Africa zone is African Plains, a large multi-species paddock themed around the African savannah. Species in the enclosure include ostriches, a mixed group of Rothschild's giraffe and Reticulated giraffe, lechwe, grevy's zebra and common eland. The Grévy's zebra is the largest living wild equid and the largest and most threatened of the three species of zebra.