It’s International Zebra Day! Zebras are such an obvious temptation to the printmaker, considering how to depict life in black and white. They are inherently so graphic in their very skin. Though they aren’t striped any which way. This hand-pulled linoleum block print juxtaposes two varieties of zebra, Grévy’s (left) and Burchell’s, back to back.
@minouette that's interesting. The one on the right has some characteristics that remind me of a tapir. So I looked it up and …
#TIL zebras and tapirs (and rhinos!) are related!
Well-observed, Ele - you got that across in an image!
And: "The term 'odd-toed' in Perissodactyla, refers to the order of mammals characterized by having either one or three hoofed toes on each hindfoot."
@minouette what I noticed were the nose and rump of the one on the right, like a tapir. Whereas the other looks more equine.
I wondered about parallel evolution. But, nah.
https://biologyinsights.com/what-did-zebras-evolve-from-an-evolutionary-history/
Ele Willoughby, PhD
Deborah Preuss, pcc 🇨🇦