#0431 · 🦊 mammals
Mountain Zebra
🇳🇱 Bergzebra ·Equus zebra
9 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © maritzasouthafrica · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Mhairi McFarlane · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Alex Dreyer · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Gigi Laidler · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. © Tony Rebelo · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. © Colin Ralston · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. © David Renoult · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. © Gigi Laidler · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. © Gregoire Dubois · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
The mountain zebra ( Equus zebra ) is a zebra species in the family Equidae.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 2,555 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
- Listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.
fact sheet
- English
- Mountain Zebra
- Nederlands
- Bergzebra
- scientific name
- Equus zebra
- class
- Mammalia
- order
- Perissodactyla
- family
- Equidae
- IUCN Red List
- VU · vulnerable
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 2,555
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1758
IUCN in Dutch: kwetsbaar. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Equidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 43330, Wikidata Q243213, GBIF 2440888, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.