• Key Information

  • Quaggas

  • Species
    Equus quagga quagga, a subspecies of zebras
  • Diet
    Herbivore
  • Length
    8 ft 5 inches
  • Height (to shoulder)
    4 ft 1 inch to 4 ft 5 inches
  • Weight
    About 500 lb
  • Classification
    Mammalia > Equidae > Equus
  • Conservation Status
    Extinct
  • Habitat
    Plains of South Africa
  • Learning Point
  • Quaggas were a zebra-like animals that for a long time were thought to be a unique species of animal. They were hunted to extinction about 150 years ago, with only one quagga ever being photographed before their disappearance.
  • Project
  • Draw a family of quaggas on the plains in South Africa.
  • Location
  • Places
    Karoo, Cape Province, South Africa
  • Fun Facts
  • Only 23 stuffed and mounted quaggas can be found around the world, including a juvenile and two foals.
  • It is now thought that the quagga was a subspecies of the plains zebra.
  • Plains zebras have a variety of tones and colors, and the further south they are, the less bold and striking their stripes are.
  • Humans hunted the quagga because it was easy to hunt, and it was in competition with the livestock the settlers brought with them.
 
Middle Pleistocene
 
770000 BCE
 
2026 CE
 
 770000 BCE
 126000 BCE
 1 CE