Chalo Chatu:Today's featured article/May 29, 2018

From Chalo Chatu, Zambia online encyclopedia
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The Grant's zebra (Equus quagga boehmi) is the smallest of six subspecies of the plains zebra. This subspecies represents the zebra form of the Serengeti-Mara ecosystem.Duncan (1992) recognized the Upper Zambezi zebra (Equus quagga zambeziensis Prazak, 1898). Groves and Bell (2004) came to the conclusion that the zebras from West Zambia and Malawi cannot be distinguished cranially and that they differ only slightly from other northern plains zebras. The rather minor size difference does not justify a separate sub-specific status for the Upper Zambezi zebra. Therefore, they combine these zebras with the Grant's zebra (Equus quagga boehmi). (Full article...)