zebra

     

Dolichohippus

Trivia about zebra

  • Much like human fingerprints, the stripes of this mammal in the genus Equus are individually different
  • Romans called this African beast a "tiger horse"
  • The Burchell's species of this striped equine is found in many parts of eastern Africa
  • It's a kind of striped mussel as well as a striped equine
  • La cebra
  • It's the striped African mammal with whom the insect seen here shares part of its name
  • The black & white stripes on the endangered Grevy's species of this are narrow & closely spaced
  • Circus folk call this animal a "convict" (no offense; just think of its appearance)
  • Florida's state butterfly has black & yellow stripes & is named after this equine that has black & white stripes
  • An embarrassed one of these may be black & white & red all over
  • The shield on Botswana's coat of arms is flanked by 2 of these striped mammals
  • Grant's, a subspecies of this, is distinctly striped with black on a white background
  • The Portuguese once used this name for a wild ass; now it applies to a striped equine
  • The Grevy's type of this creature has narrow close-set stripes & frequents Kenya & Somalia
  • A popular Budweiser ad showed horses on a football field waiting for a replay decision from this animal
  • Grevy's, the largest species of this striped mammal, is named for former French president Francois Grevy
  • ...of animals on exhibit at the L.A. Zoo
  • A pedestrian crossing marked with stripes is called this, like a stripy animal
  • Yipes Stripes! The Grevy species of this was named for a president of France
  • The zorse, seen here, is the result of a hookup between a horse & one of these
  • Striped equine(5)
  • This equine's stripe pattern varies from individual to individual--none is identical to those of another
  • (Sarah of the Clue Crew stands by a board displaying numbers and letters) In a simple substitution code, each number stands for its corresponding letter. For example, 3 15 23 spells COW, while 26 5 2 18 1 spells the name of this animal
  • The last quagga, a species of this with stripes limited to its head, died at the Amsterdam zoo in 1883
  • (I'm Chris Claiborne of the Detroit Lions.) In the wild, lions' favorite prey are antelopes & this member of the horse family
  • Yes, that's Hayden Panettiere befriending one of these animals (who thinks he's a racehorse) in "Racing Stripes"
  • Alphabetically, a select list of endangered species runs from albatross to this
  • Dr. Seuss tweaks the alphabet book tradition: "On Beyond ____"
  • Quagga is a South African name for the Burchell's species of this horse relative
  • The plains variety of this animal has gray markings that are known as shadow stripes
  • A Spanish word for an Iberian wild ass became this word for a striped mammal
  • The quagga, a type of this equine, was found in Southern Africa until going extinct around 1900
  • The name of this African equine comes from the Portuguese for "wild ass"