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African Plains drive-through enclosure

Home to Southern white rhinoceros, Grevy's zebra, Burchell's zebra, Kafue flats lechwe, Congo buffalo, Common eland, Ellipsen waterbuck and Ankole cattle.
 
How do they keep two zebra species in the same exhibit? I'm guessing they have bachelor herds. Is there no fear of hybridization?
 
@SivatheriumGuy The latest Grevy's zebra studbook shows WMSP as holding 1:2, and the stallion was being kept seperate in the former Rhino house, so the 2 in the drive-through enclosure will be the mares. I am unaware of the sex ratio of the Burchell's zebras, but I'd assume them to also be an all-female group. In recent years, there has been plenty of breeding success with the Grevy's zebras here.
 

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