Members visit free all year! Purchase and visit today. Avoid the
line! Print your tickets at home. Laura: Female, born May 25,
1999 at Little Rock Zoological Gardens. She arrived at the Zoo
on May 17, 2000. Laura is a Chapman’s zebra, which is a
subspecies of the common zebra: Equus burchellii antiquorum.
Susie: Female, born June 20, 1999 at Little Rock Zoological
Gardens. She arrived at the Zoo on May 17, 2000. Susie is also a
Chapman's zebra. Susie and Laura have the same sire, so they are
half-sisters. Our zebras share an exhibit with the southern
white rhino and sometimes take turns in the yard. Plains zebras
are easily recognizable by their bold pattern on black and white
stripes. There are three species of zebras that are
distinguishable largely by their stripe patterns. While mountain
and Grevy's zebras have white bellies, plains zebras have
stripes that extend to their bellies where they meet. The plains
zebra's stripe pattern varies depending on what part of Africa
they come from. Generally, zebras f