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Equus zebra (mountain zebra)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae

Taxonomy
Equus zebra was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

It was recombined as Hippotigris zebra by Smith (1841) and Quinn (1955); it was recombined as Equus (Hippotigris) zebra by Skinner (1972).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Equus zebra Linnaeus p. 73
1841Hippotigris zebra Smith
1911Equus zebra Thomas p. 155
1955Hippotigris zebra Quinn p. 46
1972Equus (Hippotigris) zebra Skinner p. 118
1988Equus zebra Penzhorn p. 1

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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
specieszebra

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 zebra Linnaeus 1758 [mountain zebra]
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Equus zebra hartmannae Matschie 1898 [Hartmann's mountain zebra]
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Invalid names: Equus matschiei Zukowsky 1924 [synonym], Equus penricei Thomas 1900 [synonym]
Equus zebra zebra Linnaeus 1758 [Cape mountain zebra]
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Invalid names: Equus campestris Gray 1852 [synonym], Equus indica Trouessart 1898 [synonym], Equus montanus Burchell 1822 [synonym], Equus zebra frederici Trouessart 1905 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available