Mountain zebra
The mountain zebra (Equus zebra) is a zebra species in the family Equidae, native to southwestern Africa. There are two subspecies, the Cape mountain zebra (E. z. zebra) found in South Africa and Hartmann's mountain zebra (E. z. hartmannae) found in south-western Angola and Namibia.
| Mountain zebra Temporal range: Pleistocene - Recent | |
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| Hartmann's mountain zebra (E. zebra hartmannae) in Etosha National Park, Namibia | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Perissodactyla |
| Family: | Equidae |
| Genus: | Equus |
| Subgenus: | Hippotigris |
| Species: | E. zebra |
| Binomial name | |
| Equus zebra | |
| Subspecies | |
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| Range map of Equus zebra zebra in red and Equus zebra hartmannae in blue | |
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