Zebra animal image11/6/2023 ![]() ![]() Some people expect these stripes to help the young okapi to find and follow their mother in the dense rainforest. These combinations of white stripes on the chocolate-reddish brown coat enable camouflage features in the middle of the dense vegetation. They have a chocolate-reddish brown coat with white horizontal stripes located on the back, rings of white stripes on their legs, and white fur on ankles. However, Okapi is actually related to the giraffe, So It is named a forest giraffe, Congolese giraffe. ![]() Most confuse the Okapi as a relative of Zebra because its stripes present on the back are similar to those of Zebra. The okapi, also known as the forest giraffe, Congolese giraffe, and zebra giraffe, is an herbivorous mammal that belongs to Genus Okapia, Family Giraffidae, and is found in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Africa, and other places. Its bright white stripes on the chestnut-brown colored coat help them to camouflage with their background habitats. We can see bristly dorsal hair that is short, bristly originating from the shoulder to the rump. They have as many as 10-15 white stripes on their body that is located on the chestnut-brown colored coat. The bongo, including Lowland bongo, Mountain bongo, is herbivorous antelope with a nocturnal tendency that belongs to Genus Tragelaphus, Family Bovidae and is found in Africa and other places.īongos is the third-largest antelope in the world and both sexes of these species have stripes. As there is no possibility of two humans having the same fingerprints, similarly there are no two zebras that could have the same stripes by location, thickness, length, and darkness. The interesting fact about its stripes is they are unique to each individual zebra. Surprisingly, Its stripes play many roles, It can act as sunscreen against the sunlight, discouraging and unattractive to the disease spreading bloodsucking horseflies. Those stripes located on the ears, legs, and tails are separate, especially, the stripes on the eyes and lower jaw have complex patterns. ![]() Generally, this stripe pattern is present on the dorsal surface that stretches from head to tail and also to other parts of its body. It’s easy to recognize them because of their black and white stripes. The Zebras, including the plains zebra, the mountain zebra, is a herbivorous mammal with striped coats that belongs to Genus Equus, Family Equidae, and is found in eastern and southern Africa, Ethiopia, Northern Kenya, Namibia, and Angola. ![]()
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