Equus zebra

Abstract

Equus zebra Linnaeus, 1758 Mountain Zebra Equus z ebra Linnaeus, 1758: 74 . T ype locality sugges ted by Rober ts (195 1:244) as P aa rd e berg, near Malmesbury , southwes tern Ca pe Province, Republic of South Africa . Equus man ta nu s Bur chell, 1822:139. No locali ty give n, bu t men-tion s P aar de berg. H ip p otigris ca mpest ris Gra y, 185 2:277 . T yp e locality " mountains of Sout h Africa. " Equus indica Trouessar t, 1898:797. T yp e localit y not giv en. Equus hartmannae Mat schie , 1898: 17. Type locality betw een Hoanib an d Un ilab river s, 19"5, 13°E, Koak oland, nort hern Na mib ia. Equ us p enri cei T homas, 1900:465 . T yp e locali ty P roviden cia , Mo· ninho Valley, 70 km no rt heast of Mossamed es, south wes tern Angola. Equus u -ardi Ridgewa y. 19 10:799. Believed to be a men ageri e hybrid betw een E. zebra and E. burch elli cha p ma ni. CONTEXT AND CONTENT. Ord er Perissodact yla , Fam-ily Equid ae, Genus Equu s, in which six to nin e Recent spec ies are recognize d (Grubb. 1981) . Two su bspec ies of E. zebra were rec-ogn ized by Meester et al. (1986) . who also listed the sy no ny my q uoted her e . E. z. liart mannue Matschie, 189 8:17, see a bove ima tschiei Zu-kowsky, 1924. and pel/rice; Thomas are sy nonyms). Colloquia l names are Ha rtma nn zebra or Har tmann 's mounta in zebra; Ha rt mannse or Da mar ala ndse ber gkwagga (Afr ika an s); On-gorlo.hamba r undu (Her er o); and Nu!khrob or Nu!go :r eb (Nama Hott entot). E. c. ze bra Linnaeus, 1758:74, see a bove tmontanus Burchell,