Zebroids!

Did you know that Zebras can crossbreed with other equine species? When Zebras hybridize, the resulting offspring are called Zebroids. The most common hybrid is the Zorse, a cross between a Zebra and a Horse.

Zebroids often exhibit a combination of traits, such as striped legs and a Horse-like body shape. However, Zebra crossbreeds rarely occur in the wild.

Like mules and hinnies they are generally unable to breed, due to an odd number of chromosomes disrupting meiosis (cell division of germ cells).

Looking at ‘googled’ pictures of Zebroids I am reminded of an extinct relative of modern Zebras, called a Quagga (which still lends its name to the scientific term for today’s Plains Zebra = Equus.quagga).

I took this morning light portrait of this Burchell’s Zebra (Equus quagga burchellii – Southern subspecies of the Plains Zebra) last week on Thanda.

Technical data: Canon R6 with RF lens f4-6.3/24-240m | ISO 2000 | 1/750sec | f6.7 | ev+1 | 160mm | WB 6500K | AV Mode | Crop to 25% of original image

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