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Equus quagga

species of mammal
Formerly Equus burchelli. For the extinct Quagga, see Equus quagga quagga
Domain: Eukaryota • Regnum: Animalia • Phylum: Chordata • Subphylum: Vertebrata • Infraphylum: Gnathostomata • Superclassis: Tetrapoda • Classis: Mammalia • Subclassis: Theria • Infraclassis: Eutheria • Ordo: Perissodactyla • Familia: Equidae • Genus: Equus • Species: Equus quagga Boddaert, 1785

There was some taxonomic debate over the correct specific name for the plains zebra (Wikipedia: Plains Zebra). The quagga, E. quagga quagga, and the true Burchell's zebra, E. burchelli burchellii, are now considered to have been the same taxon, the correct name for the plains zebra should be E. quagga and not E. burchellii. The subspecies of the plain zebra Equus quagga are revised in 2004: six subspecies are recognisable:

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Subspecies

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Equus quagga borensis

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    Equus quagga borensis
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    Equus quagga borensis at Beijing Zoo

Equus quagga boehmi

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    Grant´s plains zebras in Lake Nakuru National Park
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    Grant´s Zebras fighting at Ngorongoro
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    Grant´s Zebras and wildebeest grasing in Ngorongoro
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    running plains zebra in Serengeti
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    Plains zebras in Serengeti
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    Equus burchelli boehmi at waterhole
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    Binder Park Zoo, Michigan
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    Equus quagga boehmi on a dirt road in Tsavo East National Park
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    Serengeti
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    Equus quagga boehmi in Serengeti-Masai Mara Ecosystem
  • Suckling at Binder Park Zoo, Battle Creek, Michigan (video)
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    Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania

Equus quagga crawshayi

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    South Luangwa National Park - Equus quagga crawshayi,
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    South Luangwa National Park - Equus quagga crawshayi
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    South Luangwa National Park - foal of Equus quagga crawshayi

Equus quagga chapmani

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    Okavango-Delta, Botswana - Chapman's Zebra Equus burchelli chapmani
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      ZOO Bratislava - Chapman's Zebra Equus burchelli chapmani
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    ZOO Bratislava - Chapman's Zebra Equus burchelli chapmani
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    ZOO Bratislava - Chapman's Zebra Equus burchelli chapmani
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    Plains zebra from a small wildlife reserve on the Zambia side of the Zambezi.
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    Zebras in Chobe-National Park, Botswana

Equus quagga burchellii

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    Equus quagga burchellii
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      group at Okaukuejo, Etosha, Namibia
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      at Kalkheuwel, Etosha, Namibia
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      melanistic form
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      group at Kalkheuwel, Etosha, Namibia
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    in Etosha National Park, Namibia
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    Equus quagga burchellii
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    Plains zebra in Etosha National Park, Namibia
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    in Etosha National Park, Namibia
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    Drinking from a waterhole in Etosha, Namibia
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    Wild stallion in Etosha Park, Namibia
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    Variation in skin pattern

Equus quagga quagga †

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Subspecies unknown

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    Equus quagga burchellii or Equus quagga chapmanni at Kruger National Park
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    Equus quagga burchellii or Equus quagga chapmanni at Sabi Sands

Range maps

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    Range Map: Historic range: red, Present range: green.
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