The plains zebra (Equus quagga, umwhile Equus burchelli), cried the common zebra or Burchell's zebra an aa, is the maist common an geografically widespread species o zebra.
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It ranges frae the sooth o Ethiopie throu East Africae tae as far sooth as Botswana an eastren Sooth Africae. The plains zebra remains common in game reserves, but is threatened bi human activities such as huntin for its meat an hide, as well as competeetion wi fermstockin an encroachment bi fairmin on much o its habitat.
Plains zebra | |
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Burchell's zebra (Equus quagga burchellii) at Etosha Naitional Pairk, Namibie | |
Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Kinrick: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Cless: | Mammalia |
Order: | Perissodactyla |
Faimily: | Equidae |
Genus: | Equus |
Subgenus: | Hippotigris |
Species: | E. quagga |
Binomial name | |
Equus quagga Boddaert, 1785 | |
Subspecies | |
E. q. quagga † | |
Plains zebra range | |
Synonyms | |
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