Cape mountain zebra
The Cape mountain zebra differs slightly from the Hartmann's subspecies, being stockier and having longer ears and a larger dewlap. Adults have a shoulder height of 116 to 128  cm, making them the most lightly built subspecies of zebra. There is slight sexual dimorphism with mares having a mass of around 234  kg and stallions weighing around 250–260  kg.
Zebra
Being an equid, zebras are subject to many of the same common infections and diseases of the domestic horse.Two Grévy's zebras were poisoned in 1995 by leaves from a hybrid red maple tree ("acer rubrum") at the St. Louis Zoo. Horses were first reported in 1981 to be susceptible and even a small amount of the leaves can be toxic to ponies. In 2000, a zebra was reported to be infected with a nematode, "halicephalobus", usually associated with decaying plant material.