Equus quagga (ungulate)
Variant names: Equus burchelli, Equus burchellii

Mass: 279 kg based on Sachs 1967 and du Preez 1976

Diet: grazer based on Prins and Douglas-Hamilton 1990 and Bothma et al. 2004

Abundance: 0.06 to 19.10% (median 4.29%)

Latitudinal range: -29.8° to 18.8°

Habitats: (30), tropical/subtropical savanna (5)

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Found in 35 samples

Botswana: Moritsane (Holocene)

Democratic Republic of the Congo: Katanda 9 (Middle Pleistocene)

Kenya: Karungu (Late Pleistocene), Mfangano Island (Late Pleistocene), Kibogo (Late Pleistocene), Lainyamok (Middle Pleistocene)

Lesotho: Sehonghong (GWA) (Holocene), Sehonghong (ALP) (Holocene), Sehonghong (SA) (Holocene), Sehonghong (BARF) (Late Pleistocene), Sehonghong (RF) (Late Pleistocene), Sehonghong (RBL/CLBRF) (Late Pleistocene), Sehonghong (BAS) (Late Pleistocene), Sehonghong (MOS) (Late Pleistocene)

Malawi: Malowa (Holocene)

South Africa: Kloof/Hillcrest, Equus Cave (Unit 1A) (Holocene), Equus Cave (Unit 1B) (Late Pleistocene), Plovers Lake (Late Pleistocene), Equus Cave (Unit 2A) (Late Pleistocene), Equus Cave (Unit 2B) (Late Pleistocene), Haasgat Dumpsite (Early Pleistocene), Cornelia-Uitzoek (1998 - 2010 collection) (Early Pleistocene), Cornelia-Uitzoek (old collection) (Early Pleistocene)

Sudan: HP766 (Late Pleistocene)

Tanzania: Ruaha National Park (dry season, random placement), Mlele Forest Reserve, Tli'ika, Kuumbi Cave (Trench 10, Phase 1b) (Holocene), Kuumbi Cave (Trench 10, Phase 2) (Pleistocene - Holocene), Kuumbi Cave (Trench 10, Phase 3) (Late Pleistocene), Kuumbi Cave (Trench 10, Phase 4) (Late Pleistocene)

Zambia: Leopard's Hill Cave (Pre-Nachikufan) (Late Pleistocene), Makwe Rockshelter 2 (Holocene)

Zimbabwe: Ingwezi Game Management Project

Size measurements:
♀ body mass219050 kgN = 8Sachs 1967
♀ body mass289600 kgN = 16du Preez 1976
♂ body mass247830 kgN = 13Sachs 1967
♂ body mass307300 kgN = 30du Preez 1976
♀ ear length169 mmN = 8Sachs 1967
♀ ear length165 mmN = 17du Preez 1976
♂ ear length168 mmN = 13Sachs 1967
♂ ear length161 mmN = 29du Preez 1976
♀ head and body length2050 mmN = 8Sachs 1967
♀ head and body length2209 mmN = 17du Preez 1976
♂ head and body length2046 mmN = 13Sachs 1967
♂ head and body length2230 mmN = 29du Preez 1976
♀ hind foot length492 mmN = 8Sachs 1967
♀ hind foot length523 mmN = 17du Preez 1976
♂ hind foot length508 mmN = 13Sachs 1967
♂ hind foot length531 mmN = 29du Preez 1976
♀ tail length463 mmN = 8Sachs 1967
♀ tail length467 mmN = 17du Preez 1976
♂ tail length475 mmN = 13Sachs 1967
♂ tail length463 mmN = 29du Preez 1976
♀ total body length2513 mmN = 8Sachs 1967
♂ total body length2521 mmN = 13Sachs 1967

See also Equus, Equus africanus, Equus algericus, Equus altidens, Equus apolloniensis, Equus capensis, Equus conversidens, Equus excelsus, Equus ferus, Equus grevyi, Equus hemionus, Equus hydruntinus, Equus kiang, Equus lambei, Equus leidyi, Equus livenzovensis, Equus major, Equus mauritanicus, Equus mexicanus, Equus mosbachensis, Equus neogeus, Equus niobrarensis, Equus numidicus, Equus occidentalis, Equus ovodovi, Equus sanmeniensis, Equus semiplicatus, Equus senezensis, Equus simplicidens, Equus sivalensis, Equus sp., Equus sp. large, Equus sp. small, Equus spp., Equus steinheimensis, Equus stenonis, Equus suessenbornensis, Equus tabeti, Equus torralbae, Equus wuesti, Equus yunnanensis, Equus zebra