Cape mountain zebra
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The Cape mountain zebra (Equus zebra zebra) is a subspecies of mountain zebra that occurs in certain mountainous regions of the Western and Eastern Cape provinces of South Africa.
Quick Facts Cape mountain zebra Temporal range: Pleistocene - Recent, Conservation status ...
Cape mountain zebra Temporal range: Pleistocene - Recent[1] | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Perissodactyla |
Family: | Equidae |
Genus: | Equus |
Species: | |
Subspecies: | E. z. zebra |
Trinomial name | |
Equus zebra zebra Linnaeus, 1758 | |
Range map of Equus zebra zebra and Equus zebra hartmannae |
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It is the smallest of all existing zebra species and also the most geographically restricted. Although once nearly driven to extinction, the population has now been increased by several conservation methods, and is classified as Vulnerable by the IUCN.[4]