[3] Hartmann's mountain zebras prefer to live in small groups ranging from as little as 3 individuals to as many as 12.

When two breeding herds come into contact with one another, each respective stallion will engage the other in an elaborate posturing ritual.

[4] Hartmann's mountain zebra has been described as an ecosystem engineer—while engaging in their unique dust bathing behavior they create a persistent depression known as a rolling pit.

Although the status of this sub-species is better than that of the Cape mountain zebra of South Africa, it is still considered vulnerable to extinction.

Hartmann's mountain zebras have a defining dewlap hanging from their throat and they are striped all the way down to their hooves with white bellies, whereas some other similar looking mountain zebra species only have stripes down to their knees and lack the completely white belly.