Plains zebra
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Plains zebra herds sometimes join together to form a large gathering.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Plains zebra
- Scientific name
- Equus quagga
- Japanese name
- サバンナシマウマ
- Group
- Land mammals
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Perissodactyla
- Family
- Equidae
- Genus
- Equus
It is also listed under the scientific name Equus burchelli.
It lives on the grasslands and savannas of eastern to southern Africa and eats grasses and tree buds.
Its stripes reach all the way onto its belly. Zebras are more closely related to donkeys than to horses.
It lives in family herds and is said to often stay near giraffes, wildebeest and other grazers for protection.
Basic data
- Size
- Total length: 2–2.4 m
- Weight
- 230–320 kg
- Diet
- Grasses including grasses of the grass family and tree buds
- Range
- Grasslands and savannas of eastern to southern Africa
Where the Plains 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
- サバンナシマウマ
- 简体中文
- 平原斑马
- 繁體中文
- 平原斑馬
- 한국어
- 사바나얼룩말
- Español
- Cebra de llanura
- Français
- Zèbre des plaines
- Deutsch
- Steppenzebra
- Português (Brasil)
- Zebra-da-planície
- Italiano
- Zebra di pianura
- العربية
- حمار الزرد السهلي
- Bahasa Indonesia
- Zebra dataran
- Tiếng Việt
- Ngựa vằn đồng bằng
- Русский
- Бурчеллова зебра
- Türkçe
- Bayağı zebra
- ไทย
- ม้าลายธรรมดา
- اردو
- میدانی زیبرا
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- 千葉市動物公園 — サバンナシマウマChecked: 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.
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