The plains zebra is the most common and geographically widespread species of zebra. Its range is fragmented, but spans much of southern and eastern Africa south of the Sahara. Six or seven subspecies
Equus quagga burchellii Etosha, 2014
The skeleton exhibit in the Kunming Natural History Museum of Zoology, Kunming, Yunnan, China
Close-up of striping pattern of zebra in Tanzania
Zebras migrating with wildebeest in the Maasai Mara
Equus is a genus of mammals in the perissodactyl family Equidae, which includes horses, asses, and zebras. Within the Equidae, Equus is the only recognized extant genus, comprising seven living specie
Plains zebra
…3.1) Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Infraclass: Placentalia Order: Perissodactyla Family: Equidae Genus: Equus Subgenus: Hippotigris Species: E. quagga Binomial name Equus quagga Boddaert, 1785 Subspecies †E. q. quagga E. q. burchellii E. q. boehmi E. q. borensis…
A mule (horse and donkey hybrid)
From left to right: a cranium, a complete skeleton, a left forefoot frontal, and a left forefoot lateral from a Grévy's zebra