Plains Zebra
The plains zebra (or Equus quagga) is native to Eastern and Southern Africa, preferring to live in easy reach of water sources on the savannah.
The species is divided into six subspecies, separated due to different features, usually varying strip patterns, and lack of interbreeding between groups. Plains zebra have the black and white stripes famous of all zebra, but are smaller than Grévy's zebra and larger than mountain zebra.
Males and females can both be 1.10m to 1.45m in height, and between 2.17m and 2.46m in length, although males are generally 10% larger than females. Males are also heavier at 220kg to 320kg, compared to females at 175kg to 250kg.
Equus quagga
Habitat needs
Space is stored as a minimum plus an amount per additional adult; the game's help adds that juveniles don't count. Plan a mixed habitat in the habitat planner.
Dislikes snow.
Terrain
| Terrain | Minimum | Maximum |
|---|---|---|
| Sand | 0% | 20% |
| Rock | 0% | 20% |
| Grass | 40% | 80% |
| Waterlogged | 0% | 10% |
| Soil | 10% | 60% |
Share of the habitat's terrain.
Shares a cohabitation group with 13
African Savannah
Cohabitation groups are the game's own sets of species for mixed habitats. Check space, terrain and temperature for a group in the habitat planner.
Barriers with resistance grade 2 or higher 14
- 1-Way Glass grade 2 · $1
- Chain Link grade 2 · $1 · climbable
- Corrugated grade 2 · $1
- Rope Netting grade 2 · $2 · climbable
- Glass grade 3 · $2
- Wire Netting grade 3 · $2 · climbable
- Wood Logs grade 3 · $2 · climbable
- Acrylic grade 4 · $3
- Steel Mesh grade 4 · $3 · climbable
- Thick Glass grade 4 · $3
- Brick grade 5 · $4
- Concrete grade 5 · $4
- Gabion grade 5 · $4 · climbable
- Electric grade 6 · $0.80
At least 1.25 m high. No water barrier. Grades are the ones the game's barrier tooltips state.
Enrichment it uses 8
- Grab Ball Toy · score 50 · $100
- Herb Scent Marker Toy · score 50 · $100
- Large Ball Toy · score 100 · $100
- Plant Screen Toy · score 100 · $100
- Rubbing Pillar Toy · score 100 · $100
- Rubber Chicken Toy · score 50 · $100
- Curio Ball Toy · score 150 · $200
- Mud Bath Toy · score 150
Enrichment target: toys 60 + 40 per additional adult; feeders 5 + 5 per additional adult.
Food, life and breeding
- Food
- Hay + Herbivore Pellets
- Food / drink amount
- 5 / 10
- Food cost, grade 1 / 2 / 3
- $174 / $237 / $237
- Feeders
- Food Trough - Large, Food Trough - Medium, Food Trough - Small, Grazing Ball Feeder, Barrel Feeder - Large, Hanging Grazer Feeder, Melon Feeder, Scarecrow Feeder, Barrel Feeder - Hanging, Wall Feeder - Small, Wall Feeder - Large, Wall Feeder - Medium
- Lifespan
- 20–40 yr
- Mature / prime / old / elderly
- 4 yr / 7 yr / 13 yr / 18 yr
- Gestation / between births
- 1.083 yr / 0.917 yr
- Litter
- 1–1
- Fertility
- 0.5
- Mating system
- Polygynous
- Breeds in
- All seasons
- Dominance
- 1 dominant male per group, females ranked by age
- Ecosystem roles
- Grazers, Terrestrial Seed Dispersers, Medium Prey
- Wild population
- 150,000-250,000
- Guests flee if it escapes
- Yes
Plains zebra live in cohesive herds in the wild, which can be composed of several harems that consist of one stallion, several females and their young offspring. Young males that have not yet gained their own harem live in 'bachelor herds'. Females within a harem have a hierarchy depending on how long they have been with the stallion; the female that joined the stallion first is the alpha female.
Overview
- Scientific name
- Equus quagga
- Class
- Mammalia
- Conservation status
- Near Threatened
- Biome
- Grassland
- Continent
- Africa
- Cohabitation groups
- African Savannah
- Content
- Base game