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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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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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