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SPECIES Equus quagga

Author:Boddaert, 1785.
Citation:Elench. Anim.: 160.
Common Name:Quagga
Type Locality:"Caffrorum regione"; locality of paralectotype now identified as South Africa, Northern Cape Prov., Colesburg Dist., Seekoei River (Grubb, 1999).
Distribution:Formerly South Africa, south of the Orange-Vaal Rivers.
Status:IUCN – Extinct.
Comments:See comments under burchellii. Last specimen, a captive, died in 1872.
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Synonyms:

    couagga Desmarest, 1822
    danielli Pocock, 1904
    greyi Lydekker, 1902
    lorenzi Lydekker, 1902
    qouagga Lesson, 1827
    quaccha Gray, 1827
    trouessarti Camerano, 1908

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