Endangered species research project Mountain Zebra is an endangered species. Scientific name of
mountain zebra is Equue Zebra .Its body is covering of vertical strips except
for their bellies, it
has longs ear and dewlap below its chin and strong hooves for climbing in
mountainous terrain. Its belly is white with black stripe; its average is
around 7 to 8.5 feet in length and weight from 550 to 800 ib. Mountain
zebra is herbivore. It only eats mostly grass, bark, leaves, tree and shrub
shoots. Thought they prefer mountainous region for their habitat, they are
known to move to lower elevations to graze in cold weathers and seek shelter in
caves or wooded areas. Many animals killed and eat mountain zebra, example
Lions, Hyenas, Leopards, Cheetah, and Africa Wild dogs. Mountain
zebra lived in hot, dry, shark, mountain surrounded by grassland. They can be
found in South Africa. Mountain zebra inhabit the mountainous plateaus and
slopes often as high as 6,500 feet above sea level. The other subspecies of mountain
zebra are the cape mountain zebra and Hartmann’s mountain zebra. The Cape
mountain zebra occurs in the mountainous regions of Cape Province, South Africa
and the Hartmann’s mountain zebra occurs in extreme southwestern Angola and
western Namibia. The estimated population for the cape mountain zebra is around
600 and for the Hartmann’s mountain
zebra, the estimated population is believed to be around 7000.
Hunting and competition with domestic livestock is the main
cause of the zebra population decline. Mountain zebra are became extent because
they are being hunted for their skin. Also, drought zebra’s populations have been
threat to the species. They make Nation park in South Africa to protected
mountain zebra. Author “Mountain Zebra”
www.earthsendanger.com, publisher, publish January 15 2008 web may 6 2013. 
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