Thinkabara🦓 Zebra Facts for Kids
🐾 Mammals Grades K–5
The zebra is a plant-eating mammal that lives in Africa. Every zebra has its own stripe pattern, like a fingerprint.
🦓 Zebra fact file
- Scientific name
- Equus quagga
- Animal group
- Mammal
- Where it lives
- Africa
- Habitat
- Grasslands and savannas of eastern and southern Africa
- Diet
- Herbivore (plant-eater) — Mostly grass
- Size
- About 4 to 4½ feet tall at the shoulder
- Weight
- About 440–990 lb
- Life span
- About 20 years in the wild
- Status
- Near Threatened (plains zebra)
📏 A zebra is about the size of a small horse.
⭐ 5 fun facts about zebras
- Every zebra has its own stripe pattern, like a fingerprint.
- Scientists think the stripes may help keep biting flies away.
- Zebras live in groups and take turns watching for lions.
- A zebra can run about 35 miles per hour.
- Zebras are close relatives of horses and donkeys.
Where do zebras live?
Wild zebras are found in Africa. Grasslands and savannas of eastern and southern Africa. If you want to see one in the United States, visit an accredited zoo or aquarium.
What do zebras eat?
Zebras are herbivores, which means they eat plants. Their menu: mostly grass.
Is the zebra endangered?
Status: Near Threatened (plains zebra). That means its numbers are dropping or at risk, so scientists keep a close eye on it. You can help wild animals by learning about them, saving energy, cutting down on plastic and supporting zoos, aquariums and parks that protect wildlife.
Zebra quiz
Which animals are zebras closely related to?
What kind of eater is the zebra?
What kind of animal is the zebra?
On which continent can you find wild zebras?
✏️ Write about the zebra
1. The most surprising fact I learned is…
2. If I could ask a zebra one question, I would ask…
3. Draw the zebra in its habitat:
Zebra questions kids ask
Where do zebras live?
Zebras live in Africa. Their habitat: Grasslands and savannas of eastern and southern Africa.
What do zebras eat?
Zebras are herbivores (plant-eater). They eat: Mostly grass.
How big is a zebra?
About 4 to 4½ feet tall at the shoulder. Weight: About 440–990 lb. A zebra is about the size of a small horse.
How long do zebras live?
About 20 years in the wild.
Is the zebra endangered?
Its conservation status is: Near Threatened (plains zebra). That means its numbers are dropping or at risk, so scientists keep a close eye on it.
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