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**__Organism-__** The Mountain Zebra has white and black stripes, exept on their stomach. His height is between 3.5 and 5 feet, his lenght is between 7 and 9 feet and he weights about 440-990 lbs. His lifespan is 20-25 years. The female gives birth to only one foal after the gestation period of 12 to 13 months. Their subgenus is Hippotigris or Dolichohippus. The mountain zebra is closely related to donkeys and horses. They belong to the equidae family. The Mountain Zebra is a consumer and he is an herbivore.


 * __Population-__**There are only about 1,500 mountain zebra left.

"In 1998, the number of Cape Mountain Zebras had increased from <100 animals in the 1950s to about 1,200 individuals, with the largest population (reintroduced), estimated to number 250 in 1998, in the Karoo National Park (Lloyd 2002; Novellie //et al.// 2002). The average annual rate of increase of the entire Cape Mountain Zebra population from 1985 to 1995 was 8.6% (Novellie //et al.// 1996), and from 1995 to 1998, 9.6% (Novellie //et al//. 2002). From 1998 to 2006 there has been a steady increase in the populations of Cape Mountain Zebras from 1003 to 1389 in National Parks and Provincial Nature reserves. In 1998, there were approximately 165 Cape Mountain Zebra on private lands; more recent figures are not available. Hence, the Cape Mountain Zebra population in South Africa has been steadily increasing since the 1980s. The current population size is estimated to be more than 1,500 individuals (ca. 500 mature) (Mountain Zebra Working Group pers. comm., R. Smith 2008)."


 * __Community-__**In the wild, the mountain zebra live with elephants, antelopes, buffalos, leopards, lions, rhinoceros, giraffes, cheetahs, kangaroos, gazelles, and hyenas.


 * __Ecosystem-__**Mountain zebras are found in Angola, Namibia and South Africa. They live in mountanious regions.

Frequent fires from seasonal lightning. Times of drought. Some people hunt them for their skin. Hyenas, lions, and leopards eat them.
 * __Abiotic Factor-__**Hight temperatures.
 * __Biotic Factor-__** Ranchers and farmers are destroying their habitat.

A. Hermann, Thomas. //Defenders of Wildlife//. N.p., n.d. Web. 7 Feb. 2012. [].
 * __References:__**

//Answer.com//. N.p., n.d. Web. 7 Feb. 2012. .

//World Wide Life//. N.p., n.d. Web. 7 Feb. 2012. .

"Mountain Zebra." //Kids Planet//. N.p., n.d. Web. 18 Mar. 2012. . 2 ||
 * < "Equus Zebra." //Red List//. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Mar. 2012.

=**__2)Food Web:__**= If the mountain zebra is taken out of the food web, the lions and the hyenas would only eat cheetahs and the population of chetahs could decrease and there may be a bigger pnopulation of gazelles or wildbeast, but the remaining cheetahs could eat more gazelles since he only eat zebras and gazelles, and the leopards would only eat antelops and the population of antelops could decrease.
 * __What will happen if the mountain zebra is taken out of the food web?__**



**__3) Special Adaptations:__**
his stripes help him to camouflage in the mountains (There is a lot of theories about their strites but we still don't why they have stripes.) their white fur reflects the sunlight thin fur keeps the zebra cool long legs helps them run as fast as they can away from their predator
 * __The adaptations of the mountain zebras are:__**


 * __References:__**

"Adaptions of Mountains of Moutain Zebra?" //Wiki Answers//. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 Mar. 2012. .

=__**4)Population:**__= Humans put detectors in different areas of different mountains that the mountain zebra is in and it detects every individual mountain zebras.
 * How do "they" determine the population of mountain zebras?**

Farmers and ranchers are destroying the mountain zebra's habitat. Some people hunt the mountain zebra for their skin. Hyenas, leopards and lions eat them.
 * What are the factors that affect the population size of your animal?**

"How did the mountain zebra become endangered." //Wiki Answers//. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 Mar. 2012. .
 * References:**

**__Extra Information for the PSA:__**
The poppuilation size of the Mountain Zebra is decreasing, in 1998 there was 1,200 mountain zebras left in the wild and now there is only there is only about 600 to 700 mountain zebra left in the wild. //World Wide Life//. N.p., n.d. Web. 7 Feb. 2012. .

Today, the majority of Cape mountain zebras occur in publicly-owned protected areas such as national parks and provincial nature reserves.Today, the Mountain Zebra National Park (proclaimed in 1937), is one of the reserves in Southern Africa where these animals are protected. Web. 24 Mar. 2012. . || People have done efforts to try to save their habitat.
 * < Minnie, Pierre. "Mountain zebra thrives in reserve." //Earth Touch//. N.p., n.d.