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Equus quagga ssp. quagga

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
ANIMALIA CHORDATA MAMMALIA PERISSODACTYLA EQUIDAE

Scientific Name: Equus quagga ssp. quagga
Infra-specific Authority: Boddaert, 1785
Common Name/s:
English – Quagga
Taxonomic Notes: The extinct Quagga is now considered to be a subspecies of the Plains Zebra based mainly on genetic evidence (e.g. Higuchi et al. 1984, Leonard et al. 2005; although see Bennett 1980, Klein and Cruz-Uribe 1999).

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Extinct     ver 3.1
Year Assessed: 2008
Assessor/s Hack, M.A., East, R. & Rubenstein, D.I.
Evaluator/s: Moehlman, P.D. (Equid Red List Authority) & Stuart, S.N. (Global Mammal Assessment Team)
Justification:
The true Quagga has been extinct since the end of the 19th century, when the last individual died in the Amsterdam Zoo in 1883.
History:
2002 – Extinct
1996 – Extinct
1994 – Extinct (IUCN)
1990 – Extinct (IUCN 1990)
1988 – Extinct
1986 – Extinct (IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1986)

Geographic Range [top]

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Habitat and Ecology [top]

Systems: Terrestrial
Citation: Hack, M.A., East, R. & Rubenstein, D.I. 2008. Equus quagga ssp. quagga. In: IUCN 2009. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 21 November 2009.
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