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===Fossil record=== [[File:Equus mauritanicus.JPG|thumb|right|alt= A fossil skull of ''Equus mauritanicu'' | Fossil skull of ''Equus mauritanicus'']] In addition to the three living species, some fossil zebras and relatives have also been identified. ''E. oldowayensis'' is identified from remains in Olduvai Gorge dating to 1.8 mya.<ref name="Churcher2006" /> Fossil skulls of ''E. mauritanicus'' from Algeria which date to around 1 mya appears to show affinities with the plains zebra.<ref name="Azzaroli">{{Cite journal |last1=Azzaroli |first1=A. |last2=Stanyon |first2=R. |doi=10.1007/BF03001000 |title=Specific identity and taxonomic position of the extinct Quagga |journal=Rendiconti Lincei |volume=2 |issue=4 |page=425 |year=1991 |s2cid=87344101 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|author=Eisenmann|first= V.|year=2008|title=Pliocene and Pleistocene equids: palaeontology versus molecular biology|journal= Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg|volume=256|pages=71–89|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/281338907}}</ref> ''[[Equus capensis|E. capensis]]'', known as the Cape zebra, appeared around 2 mya and lived throughout southern and eastern Africa.<ref name="Badenhorst2019">{{cite journal |author=Badenhorst|first1= S. |last2=Steininger|first2= C. M. |year=2019 |title=The Equidae from Cooper's D, an early Pleistocene fossil locality in Gauteng, South Africa |journal=[[PeerJ]] |volume=7 |pages= e6909 |doi=10.7717/peerj.6909 |pmid= 31143541 |pmc= 6525595 |doi-access=free}}</ref><ref name="Churcher2006">{{cite journal |author=Churcher|first= C. S. |year=2006 |title=Distribution and history of the Cape zebra (''Equus capensis'') in the Quarternary of Africa |journal=[[Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa]] |volume=61 |issue=2 |pages=89–95 |doi=10.1080/00359190609519957|bibcode= 2006TRSSA..61...89C |s2cid= 84203907 }}</ref> [[File:Grévy's × Plains Zebra, ol pejeta imported from iNaturalist photo 401473965 (cropped).jpg|thumb|Grévy's × plains zebra hybrid, alongside plains zebras.]]
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