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Equus quagga burchelli (Burchell's zebra)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae

Taxonomy
Equus burchelli was named by Gray (1824). It is extant.

It was recombined as Hippotigris burchelli by Quinn (1955); it was recombined as Equus quagga burchelli by Lorenzen et al. (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1824Equus burchelli Gray
1896Equus burchellii De Winton
1955Hippotigris burchelli Quinn p. 46
1990Equus burchelli Peters p. 86
2008Equus quagga burchelli Lorenzen et al. p. 2813

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
RankNameAuthor
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Panperissodactyla
superorderPerissodactylamorpha
orderPerissodactyla()
superfamilyEquoidea
familyEquidae
subfamilyEquinae
tribeEquini
genusEquus
speciesquaggaBoddaert 1785
subspeciesburchelli(Gray 1824)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Equus quagga burchelli Gray 1824 [Burchell's zebra]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean

Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingg
Diet: grazerg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-31 14:57:30
Modified: 2009-01-04 13:02:31
Source: g = genus, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Calabrian to the top of the Holocene or 1.80000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (70 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pliocene - Pleistocene3.6 - 0.0117South Africa Equus burchelli (22334)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781South Africa Equus burchelli (21826)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Kenya Equus burchelli (21963)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117South Africa Equus burchelli (21823 21828 21829 21915 21956)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Libya Equus burchelli (21863 21864)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Djibouti Equus burchelli (22487)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Tanzania (Serengeti Park) Equus burchelli (22576)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117South Africa (Orange Free) Equus burchelli (21867)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Libya Equus burchelli (21865 21884)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Zambia Equus burchelli (21854 21924)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Tanzania Equus burchelli (22180 22181 22183 22184 22185 22186 22189 22192 22193 22194 22195)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Congo-Kinshasa Equus burchelli (22103)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Swaziland Equus burchelli (21925)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0South Africa Equus burchelli (21949 21957)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774South Africa Equus burchelli (21822 21923 21928 21961)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Kenya Equus burchelli (21520)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Namibia Equus burchelli (21926)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Tanzania Equus burchelli (21893)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Kenya Equus burchelli (21276 21277)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Kenya (Athi-Kapiti plains) Equus burchelli (32115 32124 32125)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Kenya (Athi-Kapiti Plains) Equus burchelli (32090 32113 32138)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Congo-Kinshasa Equus burchelli (22066)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Kenya (Athi-Kapiti Plain) Equus burchelli (32093)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Kenya (Athi-Kapiti) Equus burchelli (32119 32126)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Tanzania Equus burchelli (21690)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Kenya Equus burchelli (21933 21934 21935 21936 21937 21938)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Congo-Kinshasa Equus burchelli (22068)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Zambia Equus burchelli (21894 21895)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Africa Equus burchelli (21866 21896 21940 21946)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Africa (Orange Free) Equus burchelli (21908 21909 21910 21911 21912)