Grevy's Zebra (Equus grevyi) Fact Sheet: Managed Care

Does well in managed care

• Historical notes
  • In 1904 a Grevy's Zebra from Abyssinia given to President Teddy Roosevelt; lived at the National Zoo until 1919
  • Hybridization
    • Many crosses of zebras and other (non-zebra) horses in managed care
      • Zebroid (generic name for cross between any zebra species and a horse or ass)
      • Zedonk (offspring of a cross between a male zebra and a female donkey)
      • Zony (offspring of a cross between a male zebra and a female pony)
      • Zorse (offspring of a cross between a male zebra and a female horse)
    • Hybrids are normally infertile but some exceptions have been reported

Conservation efforts at zoological institutions

• North American Grevy's Zebra Species Survival Plan (SSP) (from Bell 2001; Simerson et al 2005)
  • 34 participating institutions
  • St. Louis Zoo, Missouri coordinates this plan
    • Conservation efforts within the U.S. and Kenya
    • San Diego Zoo among those North American Zoos participating
    • Lewa Wildlife Conservancy involved with efforts
  • Management plan begun in mid-1980's

North America

• 184 individuals, as of 31 December 2012 (from Fischer 2013)
• 70 males, 114 females
• Housed across 43 institutions

San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance (SDZG) (from ZIMS 2015)

• San Diego Zoo
• 3 males, as of 27 May 2015
• San Diego Zoo Safari Park
• 10 individuals, as of 27 May 2015
• 3 males, 7 females

Image credit: © San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance. All rights reserved.

American Zoo and Aquariums (2000)
Bell (2001)
Churcher (1993)
Fischer (2013)
ZIMS (2015)