The mane runs the entire length of the body when the baby is born. The baby is called a foal. Adult males are called stallions and females are called mares. The family unit is a harem consisting of one adult stallion, one dominant mare and subordinate mares and foals. Young stallions leave the harem at five to six years of age and join a bachelor group until they establish herds of their own.
Zebras clean their bodies by rolling in mud or dust.
They then shake off the mud along with loose hair and flakes of dry skin. Oxpecker birds help in the grooming by eating tiny pests off their skin. Zebras make a neighing call. Zebras have excellent hearing through extremely flexible ears, which they twist to pick up sound from any direction. Lions and hyenas are the main predators of zebra.