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Grévy's zebra

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Grévy's zebra[1]
Temporal range: Late Pliocene – Recent
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A Grévy's zebra at Buffalo Springs Naitional Reserve.
Scientific classification edit
Kinrick: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Cless: Mammalia
Order: Perissodactyla
Faimily: Equidae
Genus: Equus
Subgenus: Dolichohippus
Species: E. grevyi
Binomial name
Equus grevyi
Grévy's zebra range
     native      introduced

The Grévy's zebra (Equus grevyi), forby kent as the imperial zebra, is the lairgest extant wild equid an the lairgest an maist endangered o the three species o zebra, the ither twa bein the plains zebra an the muntain zebra. Named efter Jules Grévy, it is the sole extant member o the subgenus Dolichohippus. The Grévy's zebra is foond in Kenyae an Ethiopie. Compared wi ither zebras, it is taw, haes lairge lugs, an its stripes are narrower.

The Grévy's zebra lives in semi-arid gresslands whaur it feeds on gresses, legumes, an brouse; it can survive up tae five days wioot watter. It differs frae the ither zebra species in that it daes nae live in harems an haes few lang-lastin social bonds. Male territoriality an mither–foal relationships furm the basis o the social seestem o the Grévy's zebra. This zebra is considered tae be endangered. Its population haes declined frae 15,000 tae 3,000 syne the 1970s. Houiver, as o 2008 the population is stable.

References

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  1. Grubb, P. (2005). "Order Perissodactyla". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 631–632. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  2. "Equus (Dolichohippus) grevyi". fossilworks.org. Archived frae the original on 26 Mairch 2018. Retrieved 6 Apryle 2018.
  3. Moehlman, P.D.; Rubenstein, D.I. & Kebede, F. (2008). "Equus grevyi". IUCN Reid Leet o Threatened Species. Version 2008. Internaitional Union for Conservation o Naitur. Retrieved 10 Apryle 2009. Cite uses deprecated parameter |last-author-amp= (help)CS1 maint: ref=harv (link) Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is endangered.
  4. Oustalet, E. (1882). "Une nouvelle espèce de Zèbre. Le Zèbre de Grévy (Equus revyi)". La Nature. 10 (470): 12–14.