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Equus quagga  Boddaert, 1785
Taxonomic Serial No.: 624996

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): Plains Zebra [English]
  
    Quagga [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassMammalia Linnaeus, 1758 – mammifčres, mamífero, mammals  
                         SubclassTheria Parker and Haswell, 1897  
                            InfraclassEutheria Gill, 1872  
                               OrderPerissodactyla Owen, 1848 – antas, Odd-toed Ungulates  
                                  FamilyEquidae Gray, 1821 – Asses, Horses, Zebras  
                                     GenusEquus Linnaeus, 1758 – Horses  
                                        SubgenusEquus (Hippotigris) C. H. Smith, 1841 – Zebras  
                                           SpeciesEquus quagga Boddaert, 1785 – Plains Zebra, Quagga  
    Direct Children:  
                                              Subspecies Equus quagga boehmi Matschie, 1892 – Grant's Zebra 
                                              Subspecies Equus quagga borensis Lönnberg, 1921 – Half-maned Zebra 
                                              Subspecies Equus quagga burchellii (Gray, 1824) – Zululand zebra, Damara zebra, Burchell's Zebra, Bontequagga 
                                              Subspecies Equus quagga chapmani Layard, 1865 – Chapman's Zebra 
                                              Subspecies Equus quagga crawshayi de Winton, 1896 – Crawshay's Zebra 
                                              Subspecies Equus quagga quagga Boddaert, 1785 – Quagga 
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Peter Grubb  
  Notes: 35 Downhills Park Road, London N17 6PE, England   
  Reference for: Equus quagga    
       
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  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Groves, C. P., and Catherine H. Bell  
  Publication Date: 2004   
  Article/Chapter Title: New investigations on the taxonomy of the zebras genus Equus, subgenus Hippotigris   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammalian Biology, vol. 69, no. 3   
  Page(s): 182-196   
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  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN: 1616-5047   
  Notes: doi:10.1078/1616-5047-00133   
  Reference for: Equus quagga   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Groves, Colin, and Peter Grubb  
  Publication Date: 2011   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Ungulate Taxonomy   
  Page(s): ix + 317   
  Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press   
  Publication Place: Baltimore, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-4214-0093-6   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Equus quagga, Plains Zebra [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.  
  Publication Date: 1993   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing   
  Page(s): xviii + 1207   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-56098-217-9   
  Notes: Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing   
  Reference for: Equus quagga   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.  
  Publication Date: 2005   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2   
  Page(s): 2000   
  Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press   
  Publication Place: Baltimore, Maryland   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-8018-8221-4   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Equus quagga, Quagga [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole  
  Publication Date: 2000   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Common Names of Mammals of the World   
  Page(s): xiv + 204   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-56098-383-3   
  Notes: With contributions by Bernadette N. Graham, Adam P. Potter, and Mariana M. Upmeyer   
  Reference for: Equus quagga, Quagga [English]   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Africa  
       
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