Zebra are very adaptable animals as far as their habitat is concerned. Apart from dense forest, they can be found almost anywhere, but they prefer short grass plains.
Zebra are highly gregarious animals, congregating in groups of more than 1000 individuals.
The basic social unit is the family group, consisting of one stallion and the mares with their young. This unit stays together, even when they congregate in bigger groups. At this stage, the stallion will spend the greater part of his time, chasing away other stallions from other family groups.
They extremely courageous animals, and, very often, they confront predators, like Lion, the latter sometimes coming out second best, after receiving a devastating kick from the Zebra's hooves.All zebras have three forms of defense against predators. The first are their stripes, zebra’s stripes vary for each species with the variation greatest in the shoulder region. No two zebras have the same stripes . When running or grazing in a herd the zebras' stripes blend together to confuse its predator. Secondly, they can run up to 40 mph (64 kmph) and they have a powerful kick.This has helped researchers identify and follow individuals over the course of long-term studies and may aid foals and adult zebras of a given harem in identifying each other in the large grazing herds. Zebra associate with other animals, like Baboons, Impala, Kudu, Giraffe, but, the most common is the association between Zebra and Wildebeest. Zebra can weigh up to 300 Kg, and their life-span is about 20 years.