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Equus quagga burchelli (Burchell's zebra)
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).
It was recombined as Hippotigris burchelli by Quinn (1955); it was recombined as Equus quagga burchelli by Lorenzen et al. (2008).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
E. algericus, E. altidens, E. altidens, E. aluticus, E. antiquus, E. apolloniensis, E. athanasiui, E. bressanus, E. caballus, E. caballus, E. caballus, E. ferus, E. fraccisci, E. germanicus, E. gmelini, E. helmei, E. hipparionoides, E. hydruntinus, E. ident, E. koobiforensis, E. litoralis, E. livenzovensis, E. marxi, E. mauritanicus, E. mosbachensis, E. namadicus, E. namadicus, E. neogens, E. neogeus, E. oldowayensis, E. onager, E. petraloniensis, E. plicatus, E. przewalski, E. pygmaeus, E. robustus, E. simionescui, E. stehlini, E. steinheimensis, E. stenonis, E. sussenbornensis, E. taubachensis, E. valeriani, E. verae, E. helmei, E. koobiforensis, E. mauritanicus, E. oldowayensis, E. verae, E. neogaeus
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1824 | Equus burchelli Gray |
| 1896 | Equus burchellii De Winton |
| 1955 | Hippotigris burchelli Quinn p. 46 |
| 1990 | Equus burchelli Peters p. 86 |
| 2008 | Equus quagga burchelli Lorenzen et al. p. 2813 |
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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
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| References: Nowak 1999, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Collections (70 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Pliocene - Pleistocene | South Africa | Equus burchelli (22334) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | South Africa | Equus burchelli (21826) | |
| Pleistocene | Tanzania (Serengeti Park) | Equus burchelli (22576) | |
| Pleistocene | South Africa | Equus burchelli (21823 21828 21829 21915 21956) | |
| Pleistocene | Djibouti | Equus burchelli (22487) | |
| Pleistocene | Kenya | Equus burchelli (21963) | |
| Pleistocene | South Africa (Orange Free) | Equus burchelli (21867) | |
| Pleistocene | Libya | Equus burchelli (21863 21864) | |
| Pleistocene - Holocene | Zambia | Equus burchelli (21854 21924) | |
| Pleistocene - Holocene | Congo-Kinshasa | Equus burchelli (22103) | |
| Pleistocene - Holocene | Tanzania | Equus burchelli (22180 22181 22183 22184 22185 22186 22189 22192 22193 22194 22195) | |
| Pleistocene - Holocene | South Africa | Equus burchelli (21949 21957) | |
| Pleistocene - Holocene | Eswatini | Equus burchelli (21925) | |
| Pleistocene - Holocene | Libya | Equus burchelli (21865 21884) | |
| Calabrian | Namibia | Equus burchelli (21926) | |
| Calabrian | South Africa | Equus burchelli (21822 21923 21928 21961) | |
| Calabrian | Kenya | Equus burchelli (21520) | |
| Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | Tanzania | Equus burchelli (21893) | |
| Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | Kenya | Equus burchelli (21276 21277) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Kenya (Athi-Kapiti Plains) | Equus burchelli (32090 32113 32138) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Congo-Kinshasa | Equus burchelli (22066) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Kenya (Athi-Kapiti) | Equus burchelli (32119 32126) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Kenya (Athi-Kapiti plains) | Equus burchelli (32115 32124 32125) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Kenya (Athi-Kapiti Plain) | Equus burchelli (32093) | |
| Holocene | Tanzania | Equus burchelli (21690) | |
| Holocene | Zambia | Equus burchelli (21894 21895) | |
| Holocene | South Africa (Orange Free) | Equus burchelli (21908 21909 21910 21911 21912) | |
| Holocene | South Africa | Equus burchelli (21866 21896 21940 21946) | |
| Holocene | Kenya | Equus burchelli (21933 21934 21935 21936 21937 21938) | |
| Holocene | Congo-Kinshasa | Equus burchelli (22068) |