Male and female zebras are very similar in appearance. Shoulder height is about 1.4 meters.
Males usually have thicker necks than females.
Zebras' striping patterns are very variable. In other regions stripes are lighter or absent on the belly and lower legs. They also occasionally browse, taking herbs, leaves, and twigs. They use their agile lips to push the vegetation between their incisors, which they then snip off. The plants are ground between their powerful jaws, which move side to side as well as back to front.