Hartmann’s mountain zebra at Paignton Zoo, Devon
Class: Mammals
Order: Perissodactyla
Family: Equidae
Order: Perissodactyla
Family: Equidae
Paignton Zoo is home to four Hartmann’s mountain zebras; male Jabali and females Taru, Leila and Tamali.
This zebra subspecies has a very small range today – dry, stony mountains and hills in South Africa, western Namibia and southwestern Angola, Africa.
Zebras are grazers, meaning they mainly eat grasses, bark, roots and leaves.
Conservation
The rough estimate of Hartmann’s mountain zebras in the wild today is thought to be around 25,000 individuals. They are hunted for their skin and also suffer from habitat loss due to agricultural development.
Some populations are managed in national parks within Africa and zoological population of this species is manged cooperatively. The zebras at the zoo are managed in line with the EAZA ex-situ breeding programme (EEP).