Burchell Zebra Photo Album Page 2
HABITAT
Open woodland, scrub and grassland. Strictly dependent on water and rarly moves more than 12km from it. Very widely translocated
HABITS
The main periods of activity and grazing are the cooler early morning and late afternoon. Drinks at least once a day, with a strong preference for clean water. The basic social unit is the breeding herd of a stallion with an average of four or five mares and their foals. Stallions fight viciously for control of females. Zebra males can weigh up to 320kg and females up to 260kg, and their life span is about 20 years.
DIET
Zebra are exclusively grazers.
BREEDING
After a gestation period of 360 to 390 days, one single foal is born. Females reach maturity at 3 years of age.
Ellen Cornelese and Willem Cornelese of the Netherlands with a Burchell Zebra.
Roman Andryeyev of Ukraine with a Burchell Zebra.
Ian Wilkinson of England with a Burchell Zebra.
A hunter from Europe with a Burchell Zebra.
