Equus zebra Linnaeus, 1758 . Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1:74.

TYPE LOCALITY: South Africa, SW Cape Prov., Paardeburg, near Malmesbury .

DISTRIBUTION: S Angola, Namibia, SW and SC Cape Prov. (South Africa). Now much reduced in numbers and, in South Africa, confined to a few nature reserves.

STATUS: CITES - Appendix I as E. z. zebra, Appendix II as E. z. hartmannae; U.S. ESA - Endangered as E. z. zebra, Threatened as E. z. hartmannae; IUCN - Endangered as E. z. zebra, Vulnerable as E. z. hartmannae .

SYNONYMS: frederici, greatheadi, hartmannae, indica, matschiei, montanus, penricei .

COMMENTS: Reviewed by Penzhorn (1988, Mammalian Species, 314).