Equus quagga

species of mammal
Taxon taxon Q245305
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Summary

Equus quagga is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.41% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,033 views/month, #806 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • IUCN conservation status: Near Threatened[4]
  • Parent taxon: Equus[5], Quagga[6]
  • Taxon name: Equus quagga[7]
  • Subclass of: Equus[8]
  • Commons category: Equus quagga[9]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Equus quagga[10]
  • Commons gallery: Equus quagga[11]
  • Main food source: Themeda triandra[12], Cynodon dytahilo[13], Eragrostis superba[14], Cenchrus ciliaris[15]
  • Short name: E. quagga[16]
  • Taxon common name: Plains zebra[17], Burchell's Zebra[18], Common Zebra[19], Painted Zebra[20], Steppenzebra[21], Chapman's Zebra[22], Crawshay's Zebra[23], Quagga[24], Damara Zebra[25], Grant's Zebra[26], Zambezi Zebra[27], kvaga[28], Zèbre des plaines[29]
  • Different from: mountain zebra[30]
  • Gestation period: 1 years[31]
  • Sequenced genome URL: https://www.dnazoo.org/assemblies/Equus_quagga[32]

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Identifiers

Equus quagga's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 43335[33]. Equus quagga's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 311502[34]. Equus quagga's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2440892[35]. Equus quagga's ITIS TSN is recorded as 624996[36].

Why It Matters

Equus quagga has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[37] It is known by 86 alternative names across languages and contexts.[38]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [36] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [34] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [35] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [17] ↑ . ARKive. wikidata.org.
  19. [18] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [19] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [20] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [21] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  23. [22] ↑ . ASM Mammal Diversity Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [23] ↑ . ASM Mammal Diversity Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [24] ↑ . ASM Mammal Diversity Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [25] ↑ . ASM Mammal Diversity Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [26] ↑ . ASM Mammal Diversity Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [27] ↑ . ASM Mammal Diversity Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  29. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [31] ↑ . Grzimeks Enzyklopädie. wikidata.org.
  33. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [32] ↑ . DNA Zoo. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [37] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [38] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8w ago · Yapy28 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Interlingual index id → i48179
    Wordnet 3.1 synset id → 02394269-n
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/47826|batch #47826]]: OEWN"
  2. 20w ago · Jfpierce · 2026-05-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → Equus
    Parent taxon → Equus, Quagga
    Main food source → Themeda triandra, Cynodon dytahilo, Eragrostis superba +1
    Topic's main category → Category:Equus quagga
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Has characteristic: viviparity"
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