Equus zebra Linnaeus 1758

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Perissodactyla, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 629-636 : 633

Equus zebra Linnaeus 1758

Equus zebra Linnaeus 1758 , Syst. Nat., 10th ed., Vol. 1: 74.

Type Locality: "Habitat in India, Africa", since restricted to South Africa, Western Cape Prov., Ceres Dist., Perdekop.

Vernacular Names: Mountain Zebra.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Equus zebra subsp. zebra Linnaeus 1758

Subspecies Equus zebra subsp. hartmannae Matschie 1898

Distribution: S Angola, Namibia, South Africa (Eastern and Western Cape Provs.; formerly in W Northern Cape Prov.). Now much reduced in numbers and, in South Africa, confined to a few nature reserves.

Conservation: CITES – Appendix I as E. z. zebra , Appendix II as E. z. hartmannae ; U.S. ESA – Endangered as E. z. zebra, Threatened as E. z. hartmannae ; IUCN – Endangered as E. z. zebra and E. z. hartmannae .

Discussion: Reviewed by Penzhorn (1988, Mammalian Species, 314).