Mountain zebra

Gestation lasts 363.5 days, females have 1 young per litter and 0.6 litters per year, and sexual maturity comes at 3.1 years. The mountain zebra is listed as Vulnerable (VU) on the IUCN Red List, an IUCN threatened category.

Weight

287 kg – 296 kgsrc for Weight

Length

Not recorded

Lifespan

26.8 years – 33.2 yearssrc for Lifespan

Diet

Herbivoresrc for Diet

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

grasslandsrc for Habitat

Gestation

364 dayssrc for Gestation

Young per litter or clutch

1src for Young per litter or clutch

Age at maturity

2.76 years – 3.5 yearssrc for Age at maturity

Litters or clutches a year

0.6src for Litters or clutches a year

Active

Day and night (cathemeral)src for Active

Lifestyle

Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle

Conservation status

Vulnerable (IUCN)src for Conservation status

Countries on record

Not recorded

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Not recorded

The mountain zebra is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List: it faces a high risk of extinction in the wild.

1. LCLeast Concern
2. NTNear Threatened
3. VUVulnerable
4. ENEndangered
5. CRCritically Endangered
6. EWExtinct in the Wild
7. EXExtinct

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1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classMammalia
4. orderPerissodactyla
5. familyEquidae
6. genusEquus
7. SpeciesEquus zebra Linnaeus, 1758

Synonyms Equus wardi, Eqvus zebra

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

NT, Near Threatened

Onager

Equus hemionus

Equidae

NT, Near Threatened

Plains zebra

Equus quagga

Equidae

EN, Endangered

Wild horse

Equus ferus

Equidae

EN, Endangered

Grévy's zebra

Equus grevyi

Equidae

CR, Critically Endangered

African wild ass

Equus africanus

Equidae

LC, Least Concern

Kiang

Equus kiang

Equidae

CompareMountain zebra vs OnagerMountain zebra vs Plains zebraMountain zebra vs Wild horseMountain zebra vs Grévy's zebra

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@misc{mountain_zebra_2026,
  title = {Mountain zebra (Equus zebra)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/mountain-zebra},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}