Do they interbreed? Is one bigger? Tougher? ~Jeff
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try putting this in the african forum

One is smaller than the other.

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Originally posted by butchloc:
try putting this in the african forum

Why?
They have argued about about every med. bore cart. under the sun in this forum and I think it would be refreshing to to argue about Zebras, eh..

Hey, be careful, its only a 1.5 months till bow season, not much time to settle this. So in the spirit of the thread, and for the sake of argument, which will you move it to, big bore or small caliber?
GWB

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What is the difference between a Burchells and Hartman's Zebra?

One is black with white stripes.....

sorry.....I just couldn't resist!

I believe, in addition to being smaller, the Hartmann's zebra has thinner and tighter stripes than the Burchell's. They also do not exhibit the shadow stripe commonly found on a Burchell's.

My PH said that stripe pattern is about it.

Rich

The mountain zebras (Hartman's) that I saw in Namibia were lighter in weight and had brown stripes instead of the black stripes of the Burchell's that I took.

Physically there is quite a big difference.
The skin pattern differs in that the Hartmann's (and the Cape Mountain zebra) do not have the shadow stripe of the southern Burchell or Plains zebra.
The Hartmann's has a white belly and a distinctive brown muzzle.
Also, the Burchell is described as having the body shape of a Shetland pony and the Mountain zebras as that of a mule.

Karoo is correct. The Hartmann's is bigger, no shadow stripes and has a white belly.....Tom

Good to know, thank you...

Rich
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Here's a couple photos, one of a Burchell's taken in Masailand in Tanzania. The other is a Hartmann's Mountain zebra taken in Namibia.