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English: Quagga (Equus quagga quagga) is an extinct sub-species of zebra. Mare, London, Regent's Park ZOO. original image by 'F. York, & Son' Digitally enhanced and coloured by Welsh artist; Rhŷn Williams
Grévy's zebra populations are estimated at less than 2,000 mature individuals, but they are stable. Mountain zebras number near 35,000 individuals and their population appears to be increasing. Plains zebra are estimated to number 150,000–250,000 with a decreasing population trend. Human intervention has fragmented zebra ranges and populations.
The plains zebra is the national animal of the Republic of Botswana and its stripes are depicted on the country's flag. The flag stripes also represent racial harmony in the country. [41] The zebra has also been associated with beauty and the women of various societies would paint much of their bodies in stripes.
It could also have shared a small portion of its range with Hartmann's mountain zebra (Equus zebra hartmannae). [18] Painting of a stallion in Louis XVI's menagerie at Versailles by Nicolas Maréchal, 1793. Little is known about the behaviour of quaggas in the wild, and it is sometimes unclear what exact species of zebra is referred to in old ...
Cape mountain zebra and young. Like all zebra species, the Cape mountain zebra has a characteristic black and white striping pattern on its pelage, unique to individuals. As with other mountain zebras, it is medium-sized, thinner with narrower hooves than the common plains zebra, and has a white belly like the Grévy's zebra.
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Grévy's zebra (Equus grevyi), also known as the imperial zebra, is the largest living wild equid and the most threatened of the three species of zebra, the other two being the plains zebra and the mountain zebra. Named after French president Jules Grévy, it is found in parts of Kenya and Ethiopia.