August 11, 2005
Quagga, true or false?
| Ok, I learned a bit of local lore today... We live not far (5 min drive) from a big open game area containing zebra, wildebeest, springbok, etc. Until last weekend, we'd never seen the zebra but I'd heard stories about the subspecies and how the ones around here looked a bit different. It turns out there was quite a bit of debate about the Cape Quagga and whether it was indeed different from the Burchell's Zebra. Biologists have come down with a verdict - same taxon, whatever that means. I did find this interesting link though: http://home.hetnet.nl/~harrie.maas/speciesinfo/quagga.htm |  |