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Equus quagga (plains zebra)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1785Equus quagga Boddaert
2008Equus quagga Lorenzen et al. p. 2813

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Eugnathostomata
—Teleostomi(Bonaparte 1836)
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Panperissodactyla
superorderPerissodactylamorpha
orderPerissodactyla()
superfamilyEquoidea
familyEquidae
subfamilyEquinae
tribeEquini
genusEquus
speciesquaggaBoddaert 1785

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 Boddaert 1785 [plains zebra]
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Equus quagga boehmi Matschie 1892
Equus quagga borensis Lönnberg 1922
Equus quagga burchelli Gray 1824 [Burchell's zebra]
Equus quagga quagga Boddaert 1785
Equus quagga crawshayi De Winton 1896
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean

Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
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, subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Calabrian to the top of the Holocene or 1.80000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.774 Ma

Collections (84 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117South Africa Equus quagga (207105)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Pleistocene3.6 - 0.0117South Africa Equus burchelli (22334)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774South Africa (Gauteng) Equus quagga (183152)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774South Africa Equus burchelli (21826)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Eritrea (Buia) Equus quagga (193126)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117South Africa (Orange Free) Equus quagga, Equus burchelli (21867)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Libya Equus burchelli (21863 21864)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Tanzania (Serengeti Park) Equus burchelli (22576)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Djibouti Equus burchelli (22487)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Kenya Equus burchelli (21963)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117South Africa Equus burchelli (21823 21828 21829 21915 21956) Equus quagga (21695 21825 21916 21929 21931)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0Eswatini Equus burchelli (21925)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0Libya Equus burchelli (21865 21884)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0South Africa (Orange Free) Equus quagga (21868)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0Tanzania Equus burchelli (22180 22181 22183 22184 22185 22186 22189 22192 22193 22194 22195)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0Zambia Equus burchelli (21854 21924)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0Congo-Kinshasa Equus burchelli (22103)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0South Africa Equus burchelli (21949 21957) Equus quagga (21951 21952)
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 - 0.0117Kenya Equus burchelli (21276 21277)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Tanzania Equus quagga, Equus burchelli (21893)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117South Africa Equus quagga (96974)
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 plains) Equus burchelli (32115 32124 32125)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Kenya (Athi-Kapiti) Equus burchelli (32119 32126)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Kenya (Athi-Kapiti Plain) Equus burchelli (32093)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Zambia Equus burchelli (21894 21895)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Congo-Kinshasa Equus burchelli (22068)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Africa (Orange Free) Equus quagga (21897) Equus quagga, Equus burchelli (21908 21909 21910 21911 21912)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Kenya Equus burchelli (21933 21934 21935 21936 21937 21938)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Africa Equus burchelli (21896) Equus quagga (21921) Equus quagga, Equus burchelli (21866 21940 21946)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Tanzania Equus burchelli (21690)