Zebra, any of three species of strikingly black-and-white striped mammals of the horse family Equidae (genus Equus). All zebras are dark-skinned animals. The zebra’s stripes arise from melanocytes (specialized skin cells) that selectively determine the pigmentation of the animal’s fur.

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