The Selous' Zebra, is one of the six subspecies of the Plains Zebra

Plains Zebra

The plains zebra , also known as the common zebra or Burchell's zebra, is the most common and geographically widespread species of zebra. It ranges from the south of Ethiopia through East Africa to as far south as Angola and eastern South Africa...

, spread over southeastern Africa

Africa

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. It is spread mostly in Mozambique

Mozambique

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, but nowadays it is endangered. As per the IUCN, it ranges in north-west Kenya

Kenya

Kenya , officially known as the Republic of Kenya, is a country in East Africa that lies on the equator, with the Indian Ocean to its south-east...

, from Guas ngishu and Lake Baringo

Lake Baringo

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, to the Karamoja

Karamoja

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 district of Uganda

Uganda

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 and south-east Sudan

Sudan

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, east of the Nile River to the northern limit of the species at 32°N.

Taxonomy

They are sometimes confused with Damaraland zebras, but they differ, as their legs are striped to the hooves . These zebras are also called Chapman's Zebra

Chapman's Zebra

Chapman's Zebra is a subspecies of Plains Zebra.They, like their relatives, are native to the savannah of north-east South Africa, north to Zimbabwe, west into Botswana, the Caprivi Strip in Namibia, and southern Angola. The Chapman's zebra eats mainly grass and occasionally shrubs...

, unique for their “shadow” stripes of light color between their dark stripes.

Physical description

These subspecies have clean black-and-white banding without the brown shadow stripes of the Chapman subspecies

Chapman's Zebra

Chapman's Zebra is a subspecies of Plains Zebra.They, like their relatives, are native to the savannah of north-east South Africa, north to Zimbabwe, west into Botswana, the Caprivi Strip in Namibia, and southern Angola. The Chapman's zebra eats mainly grass and occasionally shrubs...

. These are extended down the flanks and over the whole body except face and neck. The upper half is covered with horizontal stripes, mostly faded, that do not go around the legs. The belly is partly striped. Their average mass is 300 kilograms (661.4 lb), and the average shoulder height is 150 millimetres (5.9 in). Their track measures 121 millimetres (4.8 in) x 89 millimetres (3.5 in).