Mammals › Equines
Plains Zebra
Equus quagga
25 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
Spotted HyenaCrocuta crocuta
CheetahAcinonyx jubatus
LeopardPanthera pardus
LionPanthera leo
African Wild DogLycaon pictus
Mountain ZebraEquus zebra
Grévy's ZebraEquus grevyi
Nile CrocodileCrocodylus niloticus
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| South Africa | 3,028 |
|---|---|
| KwaZulu-Natal | 737 |
| Kenya | 610 |
| Gauteng | 547 |
| Mpumalanga | 492 |
| Tanzania | 468 |
| Limpopo | 356 |
| Eastern Cape | 292 |
| Arusha | 192 |
| Western Cape | 188 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Classification
| Kingdom | Animals · Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Chordates · Chordata |
| Class | Mammals · Mammalia |
| Order | Odd-toed Ungulates · Perissodactyla |
| Family | Equines · Equidae |
| Genus | Equines · Equus |
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Plains Zebra with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.