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A mountain zebra is a species of wild horse with distinctive black and white stripes that lives in mountainous regions of southern Africa. This zebra matters because it was once hunted to near extinction, and conservation efforts to protect it demonstrate how endangered species can be saved from disappearing.
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Vulnerablevia IUCN
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- P105
- species
- P141
- Vulnerable
- P1889
- Equus quagga
- P2974
- savanna
- P9714
- South Africa
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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.
Taxonomy