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Lifespan
22 years
Diet
Zebras prefer to eat grass that is green and short
Habitat
The open meadows and the plains of the East and the Blockade of Africa.
Range
The Burchell's zebra range was centered north of the Vaal/Orange river system, extending northwest via southern Botswana to Etosha and the Kaokoveld, and southeast to Swaziland and KwaZulu-Natal.
Burchell's Zebras are differentiated from other zebra species by the light brown 'shadow stripes' found between the black stripes, the black patch around its nostril. No two sets of zebra stripes are the same. This may be the way zebras recognize family members within a huge herd.