Equus grevyi

Oustalet, 1882

Grevy's Zebra

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Perissodactyla
Suborder : Hippomorpha
Family : Equidae
Genus : Equus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

La Nature (Paris), 10(2), 12

Authority publication link

https://cnum.cnam.fr/pgi/fpage.php?4KY28.19/16/100/432/8/420

Original name as described

Equus grevyi

Other common names

Imperial Zebra

Type material

MNHN 1881-1594

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Ethiopia, Galla Country.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Ethiopia · Kenya · South Sudan?

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006124

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Equus Grevyi berberensis

Pocock, 1902

Family

Equidae

Root name

berberensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1894.2.21.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/e5e7657f-07b9-4bfa-bb23-868934a2d504

Authority page

308

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19339113

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Lydekker (1908:49, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18741269) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39820)
  2. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9700)

Equus grevyi

Oustalet, 1882

Family

Equidae

Root name

grevyi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN 1881-1594

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

12

Authority page URI

https://cnum.cnam.fr/pgi/fpage.php?4KY28.19/16/100/432/8/420

Authority publication

La Nature

Name usages

  1. Lydekker (1908:46, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18741266) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39820)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:115) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:308, 309) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9700)
  5. Wilson & Mittermeier (2011:142) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67176)
  6. Groves & Grubb (2011:16) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)
  7. Kingdon & Hoffman (2013:422) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27643)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #7950) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #7950) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006124) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  11. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/7950/89624491) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Dolichohippus grevyi

(Roosevelt & E. Heller, 1914)

Family

Equidae

Root name

grevyi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

700

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9360703

Authority publication

New York

Name usages

Roosevelt & Heller (1914:700, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9360703) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/44022)

Equus faurei

Matschie, 1898

Family

Equidae

Root name

faurei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

170, 180

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8790910 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8790920

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9700)

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