Common zebras are found throughout Africa from southern Ethiopia to central Angola and eastern South Africa.
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Common Zebra-tailed Lizard (Callisaurus draconoides)
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The other two are the common zebra (Equus burchelli) and the mountain zebra (Equua zebra). The common zebra is widely distributed throughout southern and eastern Africa, south of the Sahara.
It formerly inhabited open plains in S Africa, where its range overlapped that of the common zebra (Equus burchelli). Its coat was sandy brown and its legs and tail whitish; only its head, neck, and shoulders were dark-striped.
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Callisaurus draconoides draconoides - Common Zebra-tailed Lizard
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It, or particular subspecies of it, have also been known as the Common Zebra, the Dauw, Burchell's Zebra (actually the subspecies Equus quagga burchelli), Chapman's Zebra, Wahlberg's Zebra, Selous' Zebra, Grant's Zebra, Boehm' ...
*** The distribution of Grevy's zebra is "wedged" between the ranges of arid-adapted and water-loving common zebra. (Kingdon 1997) ...
Several survived in zoos for another 20 years; unfortunately, zoos had not yet begun breeding for conservation purposes. The quagga was very closely related to the common zebra (Equus burchelli), whose scientific name is a tribute to Burchell.
 See also: Zebra, Quagga, Plains zebra, Donkey, Elephant
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