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Equus zebra Linnaeus 1758

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Description

Equus zebra Linnaeus, 1758. Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1:74.

TYPE LOCALITY: South Africa, SW Cape Prov., Paardeburg, near Malmesbury.

DISTRIBUTION: S Angola, Namibia, SW and SC Cape Prov. (South Africa). 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, Vulnerable as E. z. hartmannae.

SYNONYMS: frederici, greatheadi, hartmannae, indica, matschiei, montanus, penricei.

COMMENTS: Reviewed by Penzhorn (1988, Mammalian Species, 314).

Notes

Published as part of Peter Grubb, 1993, Order Perissodactyla, pp. 369-372 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 370, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353118

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Equidae
Genus
Equus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Perissodactyla
Phylum
Chordata
Scientific name authorship
Linnaeus
Species
zebra
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Equus zebra Linnaeus, 1758 sec. Grubb, 1993

References

  • Penzhorn, B. L. 1988. Equus zebra. Mammalian Species, 314: 1 - 7.