📸 PhotoPhoto: Jesse Hull · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons Source
Grevy's Zebra
Equus grevyi (Grevy's Zebra · グレビーシマウマ)
💡 Everyday Comparisons for Size, Mass & Speed
- 💡 Its maximum weight of about 430 kg equals about twenty-one and a half 20 kg bags of rice (Comparison).
- 💡 Its distinctive look makes it a popular animal for ecotourism; in the past it was hunted for meat and hides.
- 💡 Fewer than 100 individuals remain in the wild in Ethiopia and fewer than 2,400 in Kenya (according to the Smithsonian's National Zoo).
Reference standards: coach bus ~12 m, mid-size car ~4.9 m, compact car ~1 t, basketball hoop 3.05 m, credit card 8.56 cm.
Site-computed relative index from recorded values; not a formal scientific metric.
📖 1. Overview
Grevy's Zebra is the largest of all zebras and lives in the dry grasslands of Ethiopia and Kenya.
🦴 2. Anatomy & Morphology
It has a large head, large rounded ears, a thick upright mane, and a long narrow mule-like head. Its narrow, closely spaced stripes form distinct chevron patterns on the legs, and the skin beneath the stripes is dark brown or black.
🔍 3. Ecology & Behavior
It feeds mainly on tough grasses and forbs, with leaves making up to 30% of its diet in the dry season, and can digest plants that cattle cannot. It spends 60% of its day eating—up to 80% when food is scarce—and can go up to 5 days without water.
🇰🇷 4. Connection to Korea
No direct record connecting this species to Korea has been found.
📚 Sources & References
- • IUCN Red List EN (2016) — https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/7950/89624491
- • IUCN Red List category EN — latest assessment at iucnredlist.org
- • mammaldiversity.org — 1006124
- • iucnredlist.org — 89624491
- • wikidata.org — Q219565
- • commons.wikimedia.org — File:Equus grevyi in Samburu.jpg
- • nationalzoo.si.edu — grevys-zebra
- • animaldiversity.org — Equus grevyi
- • Silhouette: PhyloPic — Kai Caspar · CC0 1.0
Recorded dimensions are widely cited representative estimates from public literature and may vary by study or specimen.