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	Quagga Project - South African Museum
		The original Burchell’s Zebra (sometimes refered to as the "true" Burchell’s Zebra) is, or rather was, one of the subspecies of the species under discussion.
		These subspecies were usually given names of explorers, like Chapman, Wahlberg, Selous, Grant, Boehm, etc. Eventually the zebra population from which William Burchell had taken a skin to the British Museum, had been wiped out, but "Burchell’s zebra subspecies" continue to exist in many areas of Africa.
		It was noticed that they were very similar to Burchell's Zebra, and they were described and named as subspecies of Burchell’s Zebra.
	www.museums.org.za /sam/special/quagga/relation.htm (843 words)

	IZIKO
		The original Burchell’s Zebra (sometimes refered to as the "true" Burchell’s Zebra) is, or rather was, one of the subspecies of the species under discussion.
		All plains zebras therefore, including the Quagga and the "true" Burchell’s zebra (as it is sometimes called) are subspecies of Equus quagga.
		Some regarded the Quagga as a full zebra species, while others treated it as the southern-most subspecies of the widely distributed Plains zebra (often referred to as Burchell's zebra).
	www.museums.org.za /nh/quagga/relation.htm (844 words)

	zebra - africa wildlife
		The Burchell's and Mountain Zebras have suffered major decreases in their range in southern Africa in recent times; both were slaughtered in large numbers by the white colonists.
		There are three true species of zebra: the well-known and common Burchell's Zebra Equus burchelli, the Mountain Zebra Equus zebra, and the Grevy's Zebra Equus greyvi of East Africa; all three species are further divided into regional sub-species.
		Burchell's Zebra is also abundant in East Africa, where up to 500 000 occur in the Serengeti-Mara ecosystem - there are smaller populations in most other protected areas.
	www.wildwatch.com /resources/mammals/zebra.asp (724 words)

	Burchell's Zebra - Mammals - Flora and Fauna - Tourism of Botswana
		Burchell's zebra shows considerable variation in colouration and patterning but is normally striped in black and white with fainter 'shadow' stripes superimposed on the white stripe, particularly on the hindquarters.
		Behaviour: Burchell's zebra associate in family herds consisting of an adult stallion, mares and their foals; other stallions forms bachelor herds or run alone.
		Habitat: Zebra is widely distributed throughout the northern parts of Botswana, in the west, south to the Aha Hills; throughout the southern part of the Okavango delta and south to the Kwebe Hills; northern parts of Makgadikgadi and east to Zimbabwean border.
	www.botswana-tourism.gov.bw /flora_and_fauna/zebra.html (203 words)

	Burchell's Zebra or Plains zebra
		The Burchell's zebra is adapted to a broad range of grassland habitats.
		Burchell's zebras cut the tall grasses down to the more nutritious parts of the grass plants.
		In areas where the plains and the mountain zebra might be seen in together the characteristic that seperates the subspecies is plains zebras lack the dewlap on the throat.
	equid.topcities.com /BerchelliiUL.html (977 words)

	the Living Africa: wildlife - other herbivores - plains or burchell's zebra
		Breeding is generally year-round for most plains or Burchell's zebra.
		Burchell's zebra do not have stripes on lower legs or belly.
		These zebras are one of the most successful herbivores in Africa because of their adaptation to many different kinds of grassland habitats.
	library.thinkquest.org /16645/wildlife/plains_zebra.shtml (368 words)

	Zebra. Called a Plains zebra, Common zebra, or Burchell's zebra picture - Webshots
		Called a Plains zebra, Common zebra, or Burchell's zebra
		Called a Plains zebra, Common zebra, or Burchell's zebra picture - Webshots
	community.webshots.com /photo/337815556/337815556YwyHkQ (29 words)

	WWF - Zebra
		The Plains or Burchell's zebra is found in open or wooded grasslands from northern South Africa westwards to Etosha Pan in Namibia and north as far as southern Somalia and southern Sudan.
		Grevy's zebras form loose groups of up to a hundred, but the only lasting attachment is between the mare and her young foal.
		One of the distinctive sounds of the African savannah is the call of the Plains zebra -- a cross between a donkey's bray and a horse's whinny: a hoarse "ha-kwa, ha-kwa, ha-kwa".
	www.panda.org /news_facts/education/middle_school/species/zebra_intro.cfm (681 words)

	Zebra
		The stripes are more numerous and closer together than the Burchell's zebra.
		The Grevy's zebra is the larger and taller species, standing about 5 feet at the shoulders.
		The zebra is recognized by its unique stripes.
	www.jambokenya.com /jambo/fauna/zebra.htm (127 words)

	Grevy's Zebra
		These are Grant's zebra ( Equus burchelli boehmi), Chapman's zebra ( Equus burchelli antiquuorum), Selous' zebra ( Equus burchelli borensis) and the true Burchell's zebra ( Equus burchelli burchelli), which is now an extinct race.
		Since Kenya banned all hunting, and the export of zebra skin products, the poaching has largely stopped, but numbers have not yet recovered sufficiently for the Grevy's zebra to be removed from the official list of endangered species.
		At first glance all zebra species look very similar to one another, but Grevy's zebra is probably the most easily recognised of them all.
	www.yptenc.org.uk /docs/factsheets/animal_facts/grevys_zebra.html (127 words)

	Zebra Home Page
		The handsome striped equids of Africa fall into three distinct species: Grevy's zebra ( Equus grevyi), the plains or Burchell's zebra ( Equus burchelli = Equus quagga), and the mountain zebra ( Equus zebra).
		The Grant's zebra is the best studied of the plains zebras, and much of what we know of the behavior and biology of the species comes from work done with this subspecies in the wild and in zoos.
		The pattern of stripes on all zebras is unique to each individual, with the variation greatest in the shoulder region.
	www.imh.org /imh/bw/zebra.html (127 words)

	WWF - Zebra
		The Plains or Burchell's zebra is found in open or wooded grasslands from northern South Africa westwards to Etosha Pan in Namibia and north as far as southern Somalia and southern Sudan.
		Mountain zebras that live in Namibia (Hartmann's mountain zebra) are also threatenede: their population may only be about 6,000 animals.
		The Mountain zebra is found in semi-desert or savannah grasslands in Namibia and South Africa.
	www.panda.org /news_facts/education/middle_school/species/zebra_intro.cfm (681 words)

	Zebra Print Comforters
		It, or particularsubspecies of it, have also been known as the Common Zebra, the Dauw, Burchell's Zebra (actually the extinct subspecies, Equusquagga burchelli), and the Quagga (another extinct subspecies, Equus quaggaquagga).
		Zebra populations vary a great deal, and the relationships between and the taxonomic status of several of the subspecies are unclear.
		Zebras are members of the horse family native to central and southern Africa.
	www.cabaret-54.com /dust8865-zebra%20print%20comforters.html (681 words)

	WWF - Zebra
		The Plains or Burchell's zebra is found in open or wooded grasslands from northern South Africa westwards to Etosha Pan in Namibia and north as far as southern Somalia and southern Sudan.
		One of the distinctive sounds of the African savannah is the call of the Plains zebra -- a cross between a donkey's bray and a horse's whinny: a hoarse "ha-kwa, ha-kwa, ha-kwa".
		Grevy's zebras form loose groups of up to a hundred, but the only lasting attachment is between the mare and her young foal.
	www.panda.org /news_facts/education/middle_school/species/zebra_intro.cfm (681 words)

	William John Burchell
		You know of Burchell's Zebra, and his Coucal, but what do you know about him and his clivia?
		During his time at Fulham many enthusiasts visited Burchell to see his collections, and one of those who saw "Burchell's Clivia" was instrumental in locating and importing living specimens to Britain, some time in the 1820's.
		Burchell spent the next decade back in Fulham, arranging his specimens and writing up his results.
	www.cliviasociety.org /william_john_burchell.php (449 words)

	Recently Extinct Animals - Rediscovered - Species Info - Burchell's Zebra
		In other words, Reinhold Rau believes that in Burchell's time, and now still, individuals that match the description of the "true" Burchell's zebra did and do occur occasionally in any of the southern Plains zebra populations.
		It is even possible that Burchell purposely picked a specimen that was somewhat different from most of the group from which he took it.
		Burchell embarked upon his first expedition, which he documented in his 2-volume work ‘Travels in the interior of southern Africa’.
	home.hetnet.nl /~harrie.maas/speciesinfo/burchellszebra.htm (995 words)

	Zebra Information at Animals on Rugs
		Burchell's (plains) zebras travel in large herds and inhabit the central and eastern plains.
		Burchell's zebra existed from southern Botswana into the Orange Free State of South Africa.
		As European settlement spread northward from the Cape to colonial Southern Rhodesia, this subspecies was hunted to extinction.
	www.animalsonrugs.com /site/890202/page/467392 (2092 words)

	The Cape Mountain Zebra - Equus zebra of Southern Africa
		They differ from Burchell's (plains) zebra in that the black stripes on their bodies are narrower, and they do not have 'shadow stripes'; also their stripes do not reach under their bellies: they have white underparts.
		The Cape Mountain Zebra is one of the world's rarest large mammals - their numbers dwindled to fewer than 100 individuals in 1950 - but they have come back from the brink of extinction to flourish in selected South African reserves.
		Cape mountain zebras are found in herds of up to 12 animals, but usually around five or six, consisting of a dominant stallion with mares and foals.
	www.ecotravel.co.za /Guides/Wildlife/Vertebrates/Mammals/Large/Cape_Mountain_Zebra.htm (293 words)

	Mountain Zebra National Park - Accommodation in Cradock
		These zebra differ from the plains or Burchell’s zebra, by having narrower stripes, absence of shadow stripes and orange facial colouration.
		The highlight of the park’s mammalian fauna is obviously the Cape mountain zebra after which the park is named.
		The craggy heights of the Mountain Zebra National Park's Bankberg embrace rolling plains and deep valleys, and has become an entrancing preserve for the Cape mountain zebra.
	www.places.co.za /html/3777.html (368 words)

	Mountain Zebra National Park -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		It has an area of 25 square miles (65 square km) and was founded in 1937 primarily to protect the diminishing mountain zebra, which differ from common (or Burchell's) zebra in having a short, stocky build and a distinctive stripe pattern on the rump.
		In the savanna regions there were once vast populations of zebras, wildebeest, and antelopes and their predators—the lions, cheetahs, and leopards—as...
		On grassy African tablelands, from Ethiopia south to the Cape of Good Hope, graze the fleet and wary zebras, the striped members of the horse family Equidae.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9054046?tocId=9054046 (647 words)

	Plains Zebra
		Two more subspecies of plains zebra have been extinct: Burchell's zebra (Equus burchelli burchelli), which lacked stripes on the hindquarters, and the Quagga (Equus burchelli quagga), which was yellowish-brown with stripes that were confined to the head, neck and forebody.
		Plains zebra of the Chapman's subspecies can be distinguished from the other species of zebras by the shadow-like brownish stripes between the usual black stripes.
		Grant's zebras do not have shadow-like stripes like the Chapman's subspecies, and they are the most numerous and common ones.
	www.cogsci.indiana.edu /farg/harry/bio/zoo/zebrab.htm (125 words)

	Zebra - Code Zebra
		The long-legged Grevy's zebra, the biggest of the wild equids, is taller and heavier than the Burchell's, with a massive head and large ears.
		Zebra stripes are like human fingerprints -- no two zebras have the same stripe pattern, Grant's zebra is one of several sub-species of Plains zebras.
		Zebra are large, hoofed mammals that live in herds on African grasslands.
	bar-code.allinfosites.com /q/bar-code-zebra.htm (557 words)

	Animals on Rugs, zebra skin rug, animal skin rugs, safari rugs
		A Burchell zebra (plains zebra)— named after the British naturalist, William John Burchell — is not endangered or illegal to sell or own.
		Consider our nearly flawless Burchell’s zebra skin rug, handpicked for size, color and grade.
		That’s a zebra skin rug from Animals on Rugs.
	www.animalsonrugs.com /page/472583 (399 words)

	African Savanna Animal Facts - National Zoo FONZ
		The quagga was very closely related to the common zebra (Equus burchelli), whose scientific name is a tribute to Burchell.
		In 1811, naturalist William Burchell wrote these words describing herds of quagga (Equus quagga) roaming South African plains.
		Several survived in zoos for another 20 years; unfortunately, zoos had not yet begun breeding for conservation purposes.
	nationalzoo.si.edu /Animals/AfricanSavanna/afsavfact.cfm (506 words)

	Tonight - A place of peace and plenty
		Elandsberg is also hosting the breeding of new-age quagga - or Burchell's Zebra as they are referred to on the farm.
		The theory is that after 15 years or so, the DNA of the zebra at the farm, will tally with DNA isolated from quagga skins in museums.
		In recent times, it was suggested by scientists that the quagga was in fact sub-species of zebra, more particularly Plains Zebra.
	www.tonight.co.za /index.php?fArticleId=2077089&fSectionId=371&fSetId=204 (517 words)

	Zebra African Wild Ass or Horse
		Burchell's zebras, E. burchelli, travel in large herds and inhabit the central and eastern plains.
		The true quaggas, however, were exterminated during the 19th century; they were darker in color than the zebra and striped only on the head, neck, and shoulders.
		The species is named after the British naturalist William John Burchell (1782-1863).
	www.equineestates.com /library/breeds/z001.htm (517 words)

	William John Burchell
		You know of Burchell's Zebra, and his Coucal, but what do you know about him and his clivia?
		During his time at Fulham many enthusiasts visited Burchell to see his collections, and one of those who saw "Burchell's Clivia" was instrumental in locating and importing living specimens to Britain, some time in the 1820's.
		Burchell spent the next decade back in Fulham, arranging his specimens and writing up his results.
	www.cliviasociety.org /william_john_burchell.php (517 words)

	Zebra in Etosha National Park. Namibia - Travel Photos by Galen R Frysinger, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
		These are individually wide and widely spaced in Burchell's zebra, some races of which have lighter �shadow stripes� between the main stripes.
		All three zebra species have decreased in abundance through human activities, and the mountain zebra and Grevy's zebra are endangered.
		Zebras are horselike animals, standing about 120 to 140 cm(47 to 55 inches) at the shoulder.
	www.galenfrysinger.com /zebra.htm (517 words)

	Unique Keys
		which include the Scrub Hare, Cape Hare, Ground Squirrel, Spring Hare, Blesbok, Bontebok, Reedbuck, Impala, Scrub Hare, Black Wildebeest, Gemsbuck, Red Hartebeest, Lichtenstein's Hartebeest, Red Lechwe, Nyala, Sitatunga, Puku, Greater cane rat, Sable, Blue Wildebeest, Tsessebe, Roan, Kudu, Eland, Giraffe, Antbear, Cape Mountain Zebra, Hartmann's Mountain Zebra and Burchell's Zebra
		which include the Cape Hare, Scrub Hare, Hartmann's Mountain, Cape Mountain Zebra, Burchell's Zebra, Black Rhinoceros, White Rhinoceros and Elephant
		Animal tracks have been classified for the first time into 6 key categories to enable the identification of larger mammals:
	www.ultimatefieldguide.com /unique_keys.htm (578 words)

	African Hunter - Home
		There are three species of zebra extant today, Mountain zebra (two subspecies Hartmann’s and Cape), Grevy’s zebra from East Africa, and Burchell’s zebra which occurs throughout southern Africa - all with their own unique markings, ensuring there are enough variations to keep a collecter in zebra for many a year.
		Even lion cannot afford to be careless around a zebra and there are many animals bearing the scars to prove that a lion has tried to have them for dinner and failed.
		Our mission was to take a ten day safari I had purchased at the 1999 Annual Fundraiser Banquet of the San Francisco Bay Area Chapter of SCI.
	www.africanhuntermagazines.com (578 words)

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