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Plains Zebra

Equus quagga

Photo by Benno Ibold
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Field Notes

Habitat:

Dry and semi-dry savannah of Massai Mara, Kenya

Notes:

Six subspecies are now recognisable.
Quagga, †Equus quagga quagga – Boddaert, 1785
Burchell's zebra, Equus quagga burchellii – Gray, 1824
Grant's zebra, Equus quagga boehmi – Matschie, 1892
Maneless zebra Equus quagga borensis – Lönnberg, 1921
Chapman's zebra, Equus quagga chapmani – Layard, 1865
Crawshay's zebra, Equus quagga crawshayi – De Winton, 1896

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Comments (10)
Benno Ibold
Thanks to all for your appreciating comments.
AntónioGinjaGinja
Beautiful series Benno,congrats on another well deserved SOTD and thanks for sharing
AshleyT
Congrats Benno, this awesome series has been chosen as Spotting of the Day! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/projectnoah/photos/a.10150595289465603.674700.10150120463815603/10157515958850603/?type=3&theater Twitter: https://twitter.com/projectnoah/status/780557615281631232
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PublishedSeptember 25, 2016

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