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Vanity Fair cover, June 1914

Слика Бурчелове зебре (Equus quagga), најпознатије и најраспрострањеније врсте зебре. The unique stripes and behaviors of zebras make these among the animals most familiar to people. They can be found in a variety of habitats throughout Sub-Saharan Africa. The name "zebra" comes from the Old Portuguese word zevra which means "wild ass". Zebra stripes are typically vertical on the head, neck, forequarters, and main body, with horizontal stripes at the rear and on the legs of the animal. It was previously believed that zebras were white animals with black stripes. Embryological evidence, however, shows that the animal's background color is black and the white stripes are additions.

Artist: Ethel McClellan Plummer; Restoration: Lise Broer