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--> FAMILY Equidae
--> GENUS Equus
SPECIES Equus zebra
| Author: | Linnaeus, 1758. | | Citation: | Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1: 74. | | Common Name: | Mountain Zebra | | Type Locality: | "Habitat in India, Africa", since restricted to South Africa, Western Cape Prov., Ceres Dist., Perdekop. | | Distribution: | S Angola, Namibia, South Africa (Eastern and Western Cape Provs.; formerly in W Northern Cape Prov.). Now much reduced in numbers and, in South Africa, confined to a few nature reserves. | | Status: | CITES – Appendix I as E. z. zebra, Appendix II as E. z. hartmannae; U.S. ESA – Endangered as E. z. zebra, Threatened as E. z. hartmannae; IUCN – Endangered as E. z. zebra and E. z. hartmannae. | | Comments: | Reviewed by Penzhorn (1988, Mammalian Species, 314). |
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