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===Extant species=== {| class="wikitable" |+ style="text-align: centre;" | ! Name ! Dimensions ! Description ! Distribution ! Subspecies ! Chromosomes ! Image |- | [[GrΓ©vy's zebra]] (''Equus grevyi'') |'''Body length''': {{cvt|250|β|300|cm}}<br>'''Tail length''': {{cvt|38|β|75|cm}}<br>'''Shoulder height''': {{cvt|125|β|160|cm}}<br>'''Weight''': {{cvt|352|β|450|kg}}.{{sfn|Caro|2016|p=9}} |Thin, elongated skull, robust neck and conical ears; narrow striping pattern with [[Concentric objects|concentric]] rump stripes, white belly and tail base and white line around the ashy muzzle.<ref name="MacDonald">{{Cite book |last=Rubenstein|first= D. I. |contribution=Horse, Zebras and Asses |year=2001 |title=The Encyclopedia of Mammals |edition=2nd |editor=MacDonald|editor-first= D. W. |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |pages=468β473 |isbn=978-0-7607-1969-5}}</ref><ref name="Churcher 1993" />{{sfn|Caro|2016|p=15}} | [[East Africa|Eastern Africa]] including [[Horn of Africa|the Horn]];<ref name="Churcher 1993">{{cite journal |author=Churcher|first= C. S. |year=1993 |title=Equus grevyi |url=http://www.science.smith.edu/departments/Biology/VHAYSSEN/msi/pdf/i0076-3519-453-01-0001.pdf |journal=[[Mammalian Species]] |issue=453 |pages=1β9 |doi=10.2307/3504222 |jstor=3504222}}</ref> arid and semiarid [[grassland]]s and [[shrubland]]s.{{sfn|Caro|2016|p=14}} |[[Monotypic taxon|Monotypic]]<ref name="Churcher 1993"/> |46{{sfn|Caro|2016|p=14}} |[[File:Grevy's Zebra Stallion.jpg|120px]] |- |[[Plains zebra]] (''Equus quagga'') |'''Body length''': {{cvt|217|β|246|cm}}<br>'''Tail length''': {{cvt|47|β|56|cm|in}}<br>'''Shoulder height''': {{cvt|110|β|145|cm}}<br>'''Weight''': {{cvt|175|β|385|kg}}.{{sfn|Caro|2016|p=9}} |Thick bodied with relatively short legs and an obtusely-shaped skull profile with a protruding forehead and a more recessed nose area;<ref name="MacDonald" /><ref name="Grub 1981">{{cite journal |last1=Grubb |first1=P. |year=1981 |title=Equus burchellii |journal=Mammalian Species |issue=157 |pages=1β9 |doi=10.2307/3503962 |jstor=3503962|doi-access=free }}</ref> broad stripes, horizontal on the rump, with northern populations having more extensive striping while populations further south have whiter legs and bellies and more brown "shadow" stripes while the snout is black.<ref name="MacDonald" /><ref name="Estes 1991" />{{sfn|Caro|2016|pp=12β13}}<ref name="Skinner"/> |Eastern and [[southern Africa]]; [[savannah]]s, grasslands and open woodlands.{{sfn|Caro|2016|p=11}} |6<ref name="GrovesBell2004"/> or monotypic<ref name="PedersenAlbrechtsen2018"/> |44{{sfn|Caro|2016|p=13}} |[[File:Equus quagga burchellii - Etosha, 2014.jpg|120px]] |- |[[Mountain zebra]] (''Equus zebra'') |'''Body length''': {{cvt|210|β|260|cm}}<br>'''Tail length''': {{cvt|40|β|55|cm}}<br>'''Shoulder height''': {{cvt|116|β|146|cm}}<br>'''Weight''': {{cvt|204|β|430|kg}}.{{sfn|Caro|2016|p=9}} |[[Eye sockets]] more circular and positioned farther back, a squarer [[Nuchal lines|nuchal crest]], [[dewlap]] present under neck and compact hooves; stripes intermediate in width between the other species, with gridiron and horizontal stripes on the rump, while the belly is white and the black muzzle is lined with [[Chestnut (color)|chestnut]] or orange.<ref name="Penzhorn 1988">{{cite journal |last1=Penzhorn |first1=B. L. |year=1988 |title=Equus zebra |journal=Mammalian Species |issue=314 |pages=1β7 |doi=10.2307/3504156|jstor=3504156 |s2cid=253987177 }}</ref><ref name="MacDonald" /><ref name="handbook" />{{sfn|Caro|2016|p=14}} |Southwestern Africa; mountains, rocky uplands and [[Karoo]] shrubland.{{sfn|Caro|2016|p=11}}<ref name="Penzhorn 1988" /><ref name="Skinner"/> |2<ref name="Penzhorn 1988" /> |32{{sfn|Caro|2016|p=14}} |[[File:Equus zebra hartmannae - Etosha 2015.jpg|120px]] |}
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