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In zebras the white stripes develop in utero as a result of a failure to deposit melanin, so zebras are a black equid with white stripes. In plains zebras (Equus quagga) and mountain zebras (Equus zebra), stripes are wide particularly on the rump (Figure 1). In Grevy’s zebra (Equus grevyi), they are thinner all over. Nevertheless, there is considerable sub-specific variation, as for instance in the extinct quagga, a subspecies of plains zebra with brown hindquarters. The many functional explanations for zebras’ striped pelage patterning coalesce into five main categories, testing of which was viewed as too difficult until recently but has suddenly received dedicated scrutiny this last decade.
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