Like the plains zebra, the buffalo can live on tall, coarse grasses.
The plains zebra, after all, filled a similar niche in nature.
He began to gather evidence that the quagga had been a subspecies of the plains zebra.
This held true even when the quagga and Burchell's race of plains zebra shared the same area.
It was one of the six subspecies of plains zebra.
It is believed to have separated from other plains zebras between 120,00 and 290,000 years ago.
The plains zebra's major predators are lions and spotted hyenas.
At least six different calls have been documented for the plains zebra.
Nevertheless, plains zebras are protected in most of their range.
In January 2009, a female giraffe was attacked by a plains zebra and died soon after due to injuries.