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The quagga is poorly represented in the fossil record, and the identification of these fossils is uncertain, as they were collected at a time when the name "quagga" referred to all zebras. [5] Fossil skulls of Equus mauritanicus from Algeria have been claimed to show affinities with the quagga and the plains zebra, but they may be too badly ...
The plains zebra (Equus quagga, formerly Equus burchellii) 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 .
Richard Owen (1804–1892) quoted Blainville in his study on fossil mammals of the Isle of Wight and introduced the name Perissodactyla. [ 41 ] [ 44 ] In 1884, Othniel Charles Marsh (1831–1899) came up with the concept Mesaxonia , which he used for what are today called the odd-toed ungulates, including their extinct relatives, but explicitly ...
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The quagga (E. quagga quagga) population was hunted by early Dutch settlers and later by Afrikaners to provide meat or for their skins. The skins were traded or used locally. The quagga was probably vulnerable to extinction due to its restricted range, and because they were easy to find in large groups. The last known wild quagga died in 1878 ...
Quagga mussels – mollusks introduced via ballast water. Alewives – fish that came through canals. Sea lamprey – fish that came through canals.
The Humpata Plateau (Portuguese: Planalto da Humpata) is an elevated plateau and highlands region in southwest Angola, [1] part of the larger Huíla Plateau. [2] It has a semi-humid climate, [3] and acts as an intermediate climactic region between the arid Namib Desert to the west and the wetter Kalahari Basin to the east. [4]
Quagga mussels have been documented in Geneva Lake in Walworth County, the first finding of the aquatic invasive species in a Wisconsin inland lake. 'Deeply disturbing news.'