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Zebras

Untergattung der Gattung der Pferde (Equus)

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The term zebra refers to a taxon within the parent taxon Equus, specifically classified as the subgenus Hippotigris. This group is characterized by white and black coloration. It serves as a source of zebra meat. The subject is distinct from the general category of Zebra and is represented by the Unicode character 🦓.

Taxonomic records also identify a separate entity named ? zebra Balogh, 1964, which is an unranked taxon in the kingdom Animalia, phylum Arthropoda, class Arachnida, order Sarcoptiformes, and family Phthiracaridae. Additionally, a genus named zebra exists within the family Orthalicidae, order Stylommatophora, class Gastropoda, and phylum Mollusca, with authority attributed to Shuttleworth, 1856. This mollusk genus is considered a junior objective synonym.

The zebra taxon has been described in sources including the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Zedler, Großes vollständiges Universallexicon aller Wissenschaften und Künste, and the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition. It appears in the Commons category "Zebras" and is referenced by 821 other encyclopedia articles.

Synthesized by Vinony from 36 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, GBIF, Gbif Occ, WoRMS, iDigBio, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Species

? zebra

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KingdomAnimalia
PhylumArthropoda
ClassArachnida
OrderSarcoptiformes
FamilyPhthiracaridae

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Museum specimens

Specimen records: 2
Family: Orthalicidae
Collections: QM
Recorded in: Unknown Or Invalid

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: taxon
Parent taxon: Equus
Image: Plains Zebra Equus quagga.jpg

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color: black
topic's main category: Category:Zebras
Commons category: Zebras
Commons gallery: Zebra
Unicode character: 🦓
taxon name: Hippotigris
taxon rank: subgenus
different from: Zebra
on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4

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Die Zebras (Hippotigris) sind eine Untergattung aus der Gattung der Pferde (Equus), die aus drei Arten besteht: Grevyzebra (Equus grevyi), Bergzebra (Equus zebra) und Steppenzebra (Equus quagga). Die Tiere sind besonders durch ihr schwarz-weißes Streifenmuster gekennzeichnet. Alle Vertreter der Zebras kommen ausschließlich in Afrika vor, wo sie zumeist offene Landschaften bewohnen. Die Bestände der einzelnen Arten sind in unterschiedlichem Maße bedroht.

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