Mountain zebras travel in small herds and inhabit the mountain ranges of South Africa. This species was formerly plentiful but has been decimated by intensive hunting. They are pale yellow with broad, black stripes, generally interspersed with fainter markings called shadow stripes. The Boers refer to all varieties of Burchell's zebra as quaggas. Formerly plentiful and of wide range, this species now inhabits the arid plains of eastern Africa and is nearly extinct.
Zebras live in small family groups consisting of a stallion and several mares with their foals.
Grevy's zebra mares sometimes form separate groups from the stallions. When food is plentiful, the small groups may merge temporarily into large herds, while keeping their group identity. Frequently zebras form mixed herds with other animals who gain protection from predators by the zebras' keen sense of hearing.