Definition of Equus quagga

1. Noun. Mammal of South Africa that resembled a zebra; extinct since late 19th century.

Exact synonyms: Quagga
Group relationships: Equus, Genus Equus
Generic synonyms: Equid, Equine

Lexicographical Neighbors of Equus Quagga

Equisetum hyemale robustum
Equisetum palustre
Equisetum robustum
Equisetum variegatum
Equuleus
Equus Burchelli
Equus asinus
Equus caballus
Equus caballus gomelini
Equus caballus przevalskii
Equus caballus przewalskii
Equus grevyi
Equus hemionus
Equus hemionus hemionus
Equus kiang
Equus quagga
Equus zebra zebra
Eragrostic abyssinica
Eragrostis
Eragrostis curvula
Eragrostis tef
Eramo
Eramos
Eramosa
Eranko's fluorescence stain
Eranthis
Eranthis hyemalis
Erasmian
Erasmians
Erasmus

Literary usage of Equus quagga

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Catalogue of the Hunterian Collection in the Museum of the Royal College of by Museum, Royal College of Surgeons in London (1831)
"equus quagga. Presented to Mr. Brookes by Mr. Sheriff Parkins. 865. The skeleton of a Zebra. Mus. Brookes. Mus. Brookes. Equus Zebra--Zi«: (Asinus ..."

2. Kloof and Karroo: Sport, Legend and Natural History in Cape Colony, with a by Henry Anderson Bryden (1889)
"THE EXTINCTION OF THE TRUE QUAGGA (equus quagga). IT is a melancholy thing to chronicle the final disappearance from its ancient primeval habitat of one of ..."

3. Western Field by Olympic Club (San Francisco, Calif.), California Game and Fish Protective Association (1905)
"A. (equus quagga.) surprising. It is not to be expected that animals taken ... The true quagga guacha of the Hottentot, equus quagga of naturalists— is the ..."

4. Frank Forester's Horse and Horsemanship of the United States and British by Henry William Herbert (1871)
"Equus Zebra, the zebra. ~\ Equus Burchelli, >-South African. equus quagga, the Quagga. j Equus Asinus, the ass. ..."

5. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Edward Griffith, Charles Hamilton Smith, Edward Pidgeon, John Edward Gray, George Robert Gray (1827)
"... under part and legs whiter; tail terminated with long hairs. About four feet high at the withers. equus quagga. Gm. Asinus Quagga, Gray's Zool. Journ. ..."

6. Catalogue of the Bones of Mammalia in the Collection of the British Museum by Edward Gerrard (1862)
"Between Zebra and common Donkey. From the Zoological Society's Collection. /. Skull. From Mr. Argent's Collection. The QUAGGA. Asinus quagga. equus quagga ..."

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