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Formerly Equus burchelli. For the extinct Quagga, see Equus quagga quagga

Domain: Eukaryota • Regnum: Animalia • Phylum: Chordata • Subphylum: Vertebrata • Classis: Mammalia • Subclassis: Theria • Infraclassis: Eutheria • Ordo: Perissodactyla • Familia: Equidae • Genus: Equus • Species: Equus quagga Boddaert, 1785

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Steppenzebra, Pferdezebra · English: Plains zebra , Common zebra, Burchell's zebra · Español: Cebra común · Italiano: Zebra comune, Zebra delle steppe, Zebra delle praterie · Lietuvių: Stepinis zebras · Polski: Zebra stepowa · Português: Quagga ·

Mammal Species of the World Link: Equus quagga Boddaert, 1785

ITIS link: Equus quagga Boddaert, 1785

IUCN link: Equus quagga Boddaert, 1785 (Least Concern)

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:

Quagga, Equus quagga quagga Boddaert, 1785 †
Burchell's Zebra, Equus quagga burchellii Gray, 1824
Grant's Zebra, Equus quagga boehmi Matschie, 1892
Selous' zebra, Equus quagga borensis Lönnberg, 1921
Chapman's Zebra, Equus quagga chapmani Layard, 1865
Crawshay's Zebra, Equus quagga crawshayi De Winton, 1896

[edit] Subspecies

Equus quagga boehmi	Equus quagga burchellii	Equus quagga chapmani	* Equus quagga crawshayi
Equus quagga quagga †

[edit] Equus quagga quagga †

Quagga mare from London Zoo, 1870.

Quagga, an extinct equid.

[edit] Equus quagga boehmi

Equus burchelli boehmi	Equus burchelli boehmi	Equus burchelli boehmi	Equus burchelli boehmi
Grants Zebra	Grants Zebra	Equus quagga boehmi

[edit] Equus quagga burchellii

group at Okaukuejo, Etosha, Namibia	group at Okaukuejo, Etosha, Namibia	at Kalkheuwel, Etosha, Namibia	at Kalkheuwel, Etosha, Namibia
melanistic form	group at Kalkheuwel, Etosha, Namibia	in Etosha National Park, Namibia	Plains zebra in Etosha National Park, Namibia
	Drinking from a waterhole in Etosha, Namibia	Wild stallion in Etosha Park, Namibia

[edit] Equus quagga chapmani

Chapman's Zebra, Equus quagga antiquorum	Chapman's Zebra in South-Africa	ZOO Bratislava - Chapman's Zebra Equus burchelli chapmani	ZOO Bratislava - Chapman's Zebra Equus burchelli chapmani
ZOO Bratislava - Chapman's Zebra Equus burchelli chapmani

[edit] Subspecies unknown

	Plains zebra from a small wildlife reserve on the Zambia side of the Zambezi.		Burchell's zebra
Zebra en route from Serengeti to Masai Mara	Binder Park Zoo, Michigan