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The plains zebra (Equus quagga) is one of the world's most recognizable animals, but there's one member of this species that no one has laid eyes on in over a century. The quagga (E. q.
Thequagga, Equus quagga, a South African relative of horses and zebras,having a front half with zebra-like stripes and a back section like ahorse with no marking, became extinct about 100 years ago.
Zenger/SEDEMA A team of veterinary doctors from the General Directorate of Zoos and Wildlife Conservation took Puga, a Grant's zebra (Equus quagga boehmi), into surgery and fought to control his ...
A Cornish zoo has welcomed a new arrival - a male zebra from Devon. Seven-year-old Parsley, a Chapman's zebra ( Equus quagga ...
His team discovered that the DNA of the quagga had similar characteristics as that of Plains Zebra (Equus Quagga), making the former a subspecies of the latter. Rau and team then looked for plains ...
The Burchell's zebra (Equus quagga burchellii) is a relatively rare subspecies of the plains zebra (Equus quagga) that was once thought to have gone extinct in the wild after being excessively ...
Dr Held added: “We were able to attribute the large tracks to Equus capensis, and the small tracks to the quagga (Equus quagga quagga), the plains zebra subspecies that became extinct in the ...
Grant’s zebra Equus quagga boehmi is an equine species commonly bred in zoos under human care. Male zebras are often castrated to prevent a surplus captive zebra population. Gonadotropin-releasing ...