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Photo of the Day #297: Zebras
Two zebras, photographed July 23th, 2008 at the Bronx zoo. Any guesses as to what kind they are?
[Update: Those that said Grevy's zebra were right on the money. The think stripe pattern is a dead giveaway.]
Seems like Equus Grevyi, according to a quick lookup on wikipedia.
Based on the narrow stripes, I'd say a Grevy's, Equus grevyi.
Definitely Grevy's zebra.
definitely not common. Grevy's? I've only seen Grevy''s from far away, and the stripes are so close they look almost like an optical illusion
Grevys I am sure the various Mountain Zebras have extremely brod stripes and Plains Zebra has a different pattern. Incidentally, is Grevy's still placed in the subgenus Dolichohippus? I believe the earliest member of Equus, the North American E.simplicidens, was placed in that subgroup, which suggest animals like Grevy's were once widespread on the Great Plains