Least ConcernPlains Zebra
Equus quagga
Mammals · Perissodactyla · Equidae
Equus quagga quagga
No living individual remains anywhere in the world.
The quagga was a subspecies of the plains zebra native to southern South Africa, recognisable because it had stripes only on the head, neck and front of the body, while the hindquarters were a uniform brown and the legs almost white. Settlers exterminated it during the nineteenth century in order to use its grazing for domestic livestock. The last wild individual was shot around 1878 and the last captive quagga died at Amsterdam Zoo on 12 August 1883.
Weight
250 kg – 300 kg
Size
2.5 m – 2.6 m
Diet
Herbivore
Feeds mainly on plants.
Activity
Diurnal
Active mainly during the day.
Sources consulted: IUCN Red List · Animal Diversity Web · Wikipedia (es)
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