Are zebras striped?

Zebras, together with horses and asses, are members of the Equus genus. The three living species of zebras that roam eastern and southern Africa with their coat of dark hair broken by stripes of white, unpigmented hair, are the only striped equids. Striping patterns and intensity vary across species as well as location.

What color is a zebra?

Even if you aren't an equine specialist, you can easily spot a zebra from its telltale black-and-white color scheme. But which is it: black on white or white on black? Find out on the next page.

Do Zebras have black hair?

Though it may sound like a philosophical query, it is possible to answer this question with science. To do so, we need to take a look at the microbiology of the hairs that give zebras their dual-colored pattern. Zebras have black skin beneath their fur, but that doesn't mean that their stripes are necessarily white on black.

Why do Zebras have white fur?

What’s important about zebras is that their white fur represents an absence of melanin; white is not its own pigment. Since white stripes only exist because pigment is denied, black is understood to be the “default” colour of a zebra. Beneath all that fur, zebras have black skin, too.