Equus quagga
P. Boddaert, 1785
Plains Zebra
Taxonomy
Subclass | : Theria |
Infraclass | : Placentalia |
Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
Superorder | : Laurasiatheria |
Order | : Perissodactyla |
Suborder | : Hippomorpha |
Family | : Equidae |
Genus | : Equus |
Species status
Authority citation
Boddaert, P. 1785. Elenchus Animalium. Volumen I. Sistens quadrupedia huc usque nota, eorumque varietates. C.R. Hake, Rotterdam, 174 pp.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28230124Original name as described
Equus quagga
Other common names
Common Zebra · Painted Quagga · Burchell's Zebra · Chapman's Zebra · Crawshay's Zebra · Damara Zebra · Grant's Zebra · Quagga · Zambezi Zebra
Type locality
South Africa, south of Vaal River.
Biogeographic realm
Afrotropic
Country distribution
South Sudan · Somalia? · Ethiopia · Kenya · Uganda · Rwanda · Tanzania · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Zambia · Malawi · Mozambique · Angola · Namibia · Zimbabwe · Botswana · South Africa · Eswatini
Taxonomy notes
includes burchellii
Taxonomy notes citation
Leonard, J. A., Rohland, N., Glaberman, S., Fleischer, R. C., Caccone, A., & Hofreiter, M. (2005). A rapid loss of stripes: the evolutionary history of the extinct quagga. Biology Letters, 1(3), 291-295. · Groves, C. P. & Grubb, P. 2011. Ungulate taxonomy. The John Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Maryland.
IUCN Red List status
Near Threatened
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