The quagga (/ ˈ k w ɑː x ɑː / or / ˈ k w æ ɡ ə /) [2] [3] (Equus quagga quagga) is an extinct subspecies of the plains zebra that was endemic to South Africa until it was hunted to extinction in the late 19th century.

When the Quagga mare at Amsterdam Zoo died on 12 August 1883, it was not realised that she was the very last of her kind. Because of the confusion caused by the indiscriminate use of the term “Quagga” for any zebra, the true Quagga was hunted to extinction without this being realised until many years later.

The first hybrid between the mare and the quagga The mare with the subsequent foal. Lord Morton’s mare was an equid hybrid and once an often-noticed example in the history of evolutionary theory.

The Quagga Project is an attempt by a group in South Africa to use selective breeding to achieve a breeding lineage of Burchell's zebra (Equus quagga burchellii) which visually resemble the extinct quagga (Equus quagga quagga).

The quagga (Equus quagga quagga) is an extinct subspecies of the plains zebra (Equus quagga). They were hunted to extinction by the early settlers and were extinct in the wild by about 1878. The last captive quagga, a mare, died on 12 August 1883 in Amsterdam Zoo.

Jun 24, 2020 · The only quagga to have been photographed alive was a mare at the Zoological Society of London’s Zoo in Regent’s Park in 1870. Only 23 skins are preserved today.

Quagga, as a subspecies of the plains zebra, can interbreed and produce fertile offspring. Closer with every generation: mare and foal at Elandsberg Nature Reserve

Jan 16, 2023 · Only one quagga, a mare, was ever photographed alive at the Zoological Society of London’s Zoo sometime between 1863 and 1870. Only 23 skins are known to exist today. Early researchers recognised different subspecies of plains zebras as members of Equus quagga, though much confusion existed over which species were valid. Bear in mind that the ...

Aug 12, 2009 · 1883: The quagga goes extinct when the last of these South African zebras dies at the Amsterdam Zoo. It was not immediately recognized, as the mare expired, that she was the last of her kind.

Mar 23, 2025 · There were only five photographs ever taken of a quagga, this mare in London zoo (1863 – 1870). Wikipedia says: The quagga had disappeared from much of its range by the 1850s. The last population in the wild, in the Orange Free State, was extirpated in the late 1870s.