A giraffe is shooing another away to eat food alone at the North Carolina Zoo. A zebra in the background is eating grass.
Shooing another Giraffe Away
Food for Me
Zonkey at the Ark
A zonkey is a cross between a zebra and a donkey. Donkeys are closely related to zebras, and both belong to the horse family. Zonkeys are very rare.
At Ark Encounter, Cletus is a zonkey—a cross between Grant’s zebra and a mammoth donkey.
Zonkey Behind a Fence at the Ark
Zonkey at the Ark
Grant’s Zebra at the Ark
Grant’s zebras, one at Ark Encounter, are the smallest of the six subspecies of plains zebras and the smallest zebra species overall. Are zebras black with white stripes or white with black stripes? It depends on how you look at it! While most zebras appear to have a white base coat with black striping, their skin is solid black.
Grant’s Zebra at the Ark
What is a Zonkey?
A “zonkey” is a hybrid cross produced by mating a zebra and a donkey. Zonkeys are not a true species because they have an odd number of chromosomes and cannot reproduce. While zonkeys are rare, they are bred in a number of zoos and specialized farms around the world.
Here is a zonkey at Catawba Farms in Newton, North Carolina. It doesn’t seem to look either like a donkey or a zebra!
Chinese Lantern Festival – Zebra in Stride
A zebra in stride at the Chinese Lantern Festival
Chinese Lantern Festival – Zebra in Stride
Ngorongoro Zebra Scene
Ngorongoro Zebra Scene
A herd of Zebra graze on the banks of a pond in Ngorongoro Game Reserve
Zebra Mohawk
A zebra in Ngorongoro Crater Park in Tanzania models a natural mohawk style