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OK, RJR III, what type of zebra are these? I checked my Carter and Mochi, Hoofed Mammals of the World and my guess Burchell's which are now extinct. Maybe Damaraland which have a larger range and still around. Whatever it's an interesting photo.
Jim Stockley said ......... I can see 8 wild Burchell's zebra from my office as I type this ;-) Burchell's Zebra are not extinct.
Jim,
That is a terrible thing to say, while I am looking out the window at a -20 blizzard!!!!!! You might as well have said they were being ridden by 8 naked maidens, to twist the knife in a little deeper. Thanks heaps for that information.
Wade
They look like Chapmanns to me!
The comment about the status of Burchell zebra was from Carter and Mochi. If Mr. Stockley saw them today I believe him. In most American zoos we called zebras with shadow stripes Chapmanns whatever they are.
Jim Stockley said ....
Sorry Wade, I couldn't resist. It's our summer now and quite wet. The grass is very green and the whiteness of the wild zebra stands out and you can see them from far.
Had they been ridden by naked maidens, I would have taken a picture.
There does seem to be a fair amount of confusion about the Plains Zebra sub-species in books. I have books that list Chapman's and Burchell's as the same thing.
Regarding Damaraland Zebra (I've never heard them called that before), I guess Jim A's book must be refering to Hartmann's mountain zebra, Equus zebra hartmannae? They are found right up into Damaraland (Namibia).
On Wikipedia (not a definitive source, I know)they say .......
In 2004, C.P. Groves and C.H. Bell did investigations on the taxonomy of the zebra's genus Equus, subgenus Hippotigris. They published their research in Mammalian Biology. They revised the subspecies of the Plains Zebra Equus quagga. Six subspecies are recognizable. The completely maneless Somali population may represent a seventh subspecies: Equus quagga isabella (Ziccardi, 1958). This subspecies may be valid, but at present there is no evidence that it is.
* Quagga, †Equus quagga quagga Boddaert, 1785
* Burchell's Zebra, Equus quagga burchellii Gray, 1824
* Grant's Zebra, Equus quagga boehmi Matschie, 1892
* Selous' Zebra, Equus quagga borensis Lönnberg, 1921
* Chapman's Zebra, Equus quagga chapmani
* Crawshay's Zebra,Equus quagga crawshayi
Either way, all of the common Zebra found in South Africa are refered to as "Burchell's Zebra"
Jim,
Good information. Thank you. Odd they call everything common in the circus Grant's. That's if they know there are different subspecies. Other wise they are just zebra. LOL
Wade
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