Is a Zebra?

I thought it was a horse in pyjamas.

Zebras are black or dark animals with white stripes and their bellies have a large white blotch for camouflage purposes. Some zebras have brown "shadow stripes" in between the white and black coloring.

It is believed that zebras have a dark background for the following three reasons: (1) white equids would not survive well in the African plains or forests; (2) The quagga, an extinct Plains zebra subspecies, had the zebra striping pattern in the front of the animal, but had a dark rump; (3) when the region between the pigmented bands becomes too wide, secondary stripes emerge, as if suppression was weakening. The fact that some zebras have pure white bellies and legs is not very strong evidence for a white background, since many animals of different colors have white or light colored bellies and legs.

As lots of people have pointed out, zebras have black skin.

The stripiness comes from different coloured hairs, so really they are black-and-white striped rather than being either black with white stripes or the reverse.

The oldest colour in all equids seems to be black, so probably they were originally black all over.

Personally I would think it was a white animal with black stripes just because of what is being done with the "Quagga Project." They are selectively breeding Plains zebras, of which the quagga was a subspecies, to get rid of the dark stripes on the back of the body. Go to http://www.quaggaproject.org/ and click on the "Photo Gallery." You will see that the backs of these animals are lacking the black stripes. Compare these selectively bred Plains Zebras in the project to these regular Plains Zebra: http://www.flickr.com/photos/wild_images/239610193...

As you can see, the "quagga" they are rebreeding is lacking the dark stripes, which is why I say zebra are white with black stripes.

The color of the animal's skin is irrelevant - the stripes are caused by pigment in the hair, not the skin.

The closest relatives of zebras all have dark fur. An extinct form of zebra. the quagga, had strips on the neck and face, but not torso - that was solid dark. (THough the legs were sometimes very pale.)

In all likelihood, dark with white stripes; but it isn't very clear.

It is actually a dark or black animal with white stripes.

Zebras are black or dark animals with white stripes and their bellies have a large white blotch for camouflage purposes.[2] Some zebras have brown "shadow stripes" in between the white and black coloring.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zebra

White with black stripes.

Sorry

But they are white with black stripes.

there skin is white.

you never see a full black Zebra, it is rare but you do get a full white Zebra.

who wins you decide lol

Black with white stripes.

They have black skin.

it can be either. havent yhoo heard tigers all have a unique stripe pattern? it exactly the same with zebras they are totally unique

I`m sure it`s immaterial to a hungry lion.