Jeannie's herd of zebras has two new members. Going from the left side is a Realistic Ganz Zebra, mother and baby, then we have Zack the Puffkin zebra made by Swibco; next is Zellie the zebra, a Cushy Critter from MCJ; then Ziggy the zebra made by Ty Inc., a Beanie Baby; behind Ziggy is a new zebra from Enesco, then Zulu the zebra made by Russ and another Russ zebra is Zeke. Next to Zulu is Kumi the zebra from the Discovery Channel's Beanbag Kingdom and then we have Topus from Nigeria. Topus is a member of the Coca-Cola International Bean Bag Collection. The little zebra in the front is Flop-a-little. Check the Gift Shop to see what Zebras we have.

Zebras live on the grassy plains of Africa, from Ethiopia to the Cape of Good Hope. Zebras are members of the horse family Equidae. Some zebras are considered endangered. However, they readily breed in captivity, so there is still hope of keeping their populations in zoos and preserves.

Zebras are about 47 and 55 inches high at the shoulders. They can be identified by the dark stripes on their heads, bodies, legs, and tails. Burchell's zebra (Equus burchelli ), located from Ethiopia to South Africa, has lighter "shadow stripes" in between the main stripes.

Grevy's zebra (E. grevyi ) has very large ears, thin and closely spaced stripes, and a white belly. It lives in Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya and it is the biggest species. The smallest species is the mountain zebra (E. zebra ) of the Cape of Good Hope and it has a strange gridlike pattern of stripes on the rump.

Zebras live in family groups that consist of a stallion and several mares along with their foals. When food is plentiful, Zebra groups may come together temporarily into large herds, but they still keep their group identity. Frequently zebras form mixed herds with other animals. It is the other animals who gain protection from predators by the zebras' very acute sense of hearing.

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