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Zebras are members of the horse family native to central and southern Africa. All have vividly contrasting black and white vertical stripes (hence the zebra crossing named after it) on the forequarters, often tending towards the horizontal at the rear of the animal. The stripes have a cooling effect due to convection currents.
There are three species and many subspecies. Zebra populations vary a great deal, and the relationships between and the taxonomic status of several of the subspecies are unclear.
The Plains Zebra (Equus quagga, formerly Equus burchelli) is the most common, and has or had about 5 subspecies distributed across much of southern and eastern Africa. It, or particular subspecies of it, have also been known as the Common Zebra, the Dauw, Burchell's Zebra (actually the extinct subspecies, Equus quagga burchelli), and the Quagga (another extinct subspecies, Equus quagga quagga).
The Mountain Zebra (Equus zebra) of southwest Africa tends to have a sleek coat with a white belly and narrower stripes than the Plains Zebra. It has two subspecies and is classified as endangered.
Grevy's Zebra (Equus grevyi) is the largest type, similar in appearance to Grevy's Zebra but with an erect mane, and a long, narrow head making it appear rather mule-like. It is a creature of the semi-arid grasslands of Ethiopia, Somalia, and northern Kenya. It is endangered too.
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Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Perissodactyla
Family: Equidae
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Add some zip to your project with these striped beauties! They might all look alike at first, but their stripe patterns are as unique as fingerprints. Each of these six ""black and white"" clips shows a small heard of zebras, including two of them giving each other a sweet neck embrace.
The footage on The Zebras in Brief is shot with a Sony DSR500 camcorder and is supplied in flattened QuickTime format. It is shot and captured in DV-PAL format dimensions, 720 x 576 pixels, at a frame rate of 25 fps. Visit Site
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The African Herds Aerials are shot from a Jet Ranger Vell 206 Helicopter using a JVC DV500 camcorder. It is supplied in flattened PAL or NTSC QuickTime format. It is shot and captured in DV-PAL format dimensions, 720 x 576 pixels, at a frame rate of 25 fps.
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Burchells Zebra
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Unmistakably a member of the horse family the Burchells Zebra is the largest of the two distinct species inhabiting South Africas wild life domain. The Burchells' body stripes are less numerous and broader than that of the Cape Mountain Zebra, whereas body stripes extend around the belly.
Under attack from predators, Zebra males will compromise their own safety as they courageously take a protective rearguard position while the rest of the group flees. In very large herds Zebra stallions will also form a defensive line along the flanks. The Burchell's habit of keeping close to herds of grazing wildebeest is probably not coincidental: this strategy increases its chances of survival, as most predators prefer eating wildebeest.
The Burchells Zebra Aerials are shot from a Jet Ranger Vell 206 Helicopter using a JVC DV500 camcorder. It is supplied in flattened PAL or NTSC QuickTime format. It is shot and captured in DV-PAL format dimensions, 720 x 576 pixels, at a frame rate of 25 fps.
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Cape Mountain Zebra
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The Cape Mountain Zebra is one of the rarest mammals in the world and in the early 1950's a very real threat of extinction loomed over the remaing Zebras with the total number of them dropped as low as 91. It is considered the largest mammal in South Africa to have come so close to extinction. In 1986 total numbers were around 500, where 200 to 230 were in the Mountain Zebra National Park and about 90 in the Karoo National Park, where we found this small herd.
Cape Mountain Zebras have a slightly smaller body than their close relatives the Hartmann's Mountain Zebras from Namibia and southwest Angola. Mountain zebras never form the large herds characteristic of plains zebras.
The Cape Mountain Zebra footage is shot with Digital Betacam and is supplied in flattened QuickTime format. It is shot and captured in DV-PAL format dimensions, 720 x 576 pixels, at a frame rate of 25 fps.
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