7/1/2023 0 Comments Dark zebra vs zebra 2(Want to know why zebras have stripes?)Ī contemporary report from Rev JG Wood’s 1853 Illustrated Natural History states that: The belly, legs, and tail were a greyish white with no stripes. Running down the center of the back was a broad, dark stripe – much like an ass. These stripes were stronger on the head and neck and gradually faded out behind the shoulder. The colour of the head, neck, and upper parts of the body was a reddish-brown, with irregular dark brown bands and stripes. Only one living quagga was ever photographed (above) – a mare housed at London Zoo, where four or five pictures were taken of it in 1870. The last quagga ( Equus quagga) at London zooĪlthough the quagga is an extinct plains zebra subspecies, it looked quite different from the zebra species alive today.
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