#0220 · 🦊 mammals
Plains Zebra
🇳🇱 Steppezebra ·Equus quagga
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © simben · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 2. © ispylifers · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Bart Wursten · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © GLENN STOCKIL · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. © Dewald du Plessis · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. © David Martin · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Mara, TZ:© Walt Anderson · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Namibia:© Jonathan Wild · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Mara, TZ:© Walt Anderson · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Uuvudhiya, NA-ON, Etosha National Park, NA:© robehrlich · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
The plains zebra ( Equus quagga , formerly Equus burchellii ), also known as the common zebra or Burchell's zebra , or locally as the " quagga " (not to be confused with the extinct subspecies), is the most common and geographically widespread species of zebra. It ranges from the south of Ethiopia through East Africa to as far south as Botswana and eastern South Africa. The plains zebra remains common in game reserves, but is threatened by human activities such as...
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 26,130 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Pieter Boddaert in 1785 (241 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Plains Zebra
- Nederlands
- Steppezebra
- scientific name
- Equus quagga
- class
- Mammalia
- order
- Perissodactyla
- family
- Equidae
- IUCN Red List
- NT · near threatened
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 26,130
- GBIF records in NL
- 1
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1785 by Pieter Boddaert
IUCN in Dutch: gevoelig. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Equidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 43335, Wikidata Q245305, GBIF 2440892, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.