Grevy's zebra
Amazing fact
Grevy's zebras can move their ears separately to hear sounds from different directions.
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Grevy's zebras can move their ears separately to hear sounds from different directions.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Grevy's zebra
- Scientific name
- Equus grevyi
- Japanese name
- グレビーシマウマ
- Group
- Land mammals
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Perissodactyla
- Family
- Equidae
- Genus
- Equus
It is the largest kind of zebra and lives in northern Kenya and southern Ethiopia.
Its ears are round and large, and its stripes are finer than those of other zebras.
Both males and females live on their own, but sometimes females and their young form small herds.
How the Grevy's zebra lives
They smell with their noses and feel food with their lips as they eat. In the dry season, they eat leaves as well as grass. Males mark their territories with piles of dung.
多摩動物公園University of Michigan Animal Diversity WebBasic data
- Size
- Shoulder height: 1.4–1.6 m多摩動物公園
- Weight
- 350–420 kg多摩動物公園
- Lifespan
- up to 18 years in the wild, up to 30 years in captivityUniversity of Michigan Animal Diversity Web
- Active
- By day (diurnal)University of Michigan Animal Diversity Web
- Diet
- Grass多摩動物公園
- Range
- Ethiopia and Kenya多摩動物公園
Where the Grevy's zebra has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.
Names around the world
- 日本語
- グレビーシマウマ
- 简体中文
- 细纹斑马
- 繁體中文
- 細紋斑馬
- 한국어
- 그레비얼룩말
- Español
- Cebra de Grévy
- Français
- Zèbre de Grévy
- Deutsch
- Grevy-Zebra
- Português (Brasil)
- Zebra-de-grevy
- Italiano
- Zebra imperiale
- العربية
- حمار الزرد الصومالي
- Bahasa Indonesia
- Zebra grévy
- Русский
- Зебра Греви
- Türkçe
- Grevy zebrası
- ไทย
- ม้าลายเกรวี
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- 多摩動物公園 — グレビーシマウマChecked: 2026-11-03
- University of Michigan Animal Diversity Web — Equus grevyiChecked: 2026-11-03
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
Report a mistakeWhen you meet the Grevy's zebra, look for this
- Look for the white area on the belly.
Animals do different things from day to day, so you may not always see this.
University of Michigan Animal Diversity WebEXHIBIT INFORMATION
Places that keep or show the Grevy's zebra
Zoos, aquariums and other places whose official websites say they keep or show this animal.
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Displays can change with the animals’ health and the seasons. Check each facility’s official website before you go.
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