The Zorse – A Genetic Twist of Fate

A Zorse or Zebrula is a cross between a horse and a zebra, a rare and unusual mix of genetics that creates a funky looking animal with both horse and zebra characteristics.

Not Your Average Zorse

Their name sounds vaguely like a creature from Lord of the Rings, based on that and genetics alone the zorse is bound to be good for a story.

Funky zorse

Image from Fährtenleser under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license

Meet Eclyse

This pretty little German mare is Eclyse. No. she doesn’t have a zebra hide under that white fur coat of hers, she is truly a freak of nature. The product of a mare horse and a zebra stallion, Eclyse is an oddball even in the Zorse community. The mare obviously passed on pinto white pattern genetics, which is what gives her such a strange look.

More Common Zorse Hides

The look above is uncommon, even by zorse standards – but these mysterious striped animals exist in a variety of colors. Including tiger stripes…ok the example below isn’t more common but how could we not show it?

Funky zorse

Image from Theo Stikkelman under the CC 2.0 license

What Are They Like?

Temperment varies from a calmer animal (more like a horse), to those more spirited and tough (both characteristics of the zebra). Being an inter species coupling, the resulting Zorse is unable to reproduce.

Don’t believe me?

It’s ok, at first I didn’t believe the pictures were real either. But Eclyse is real, check her out in this video:

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