Coke Smith Photography & Travelogue

Zebra Subspecies


 

Quagga

In South Africa's Karoo National Park, the Quagga Project is attempting to genetically back breed Plains Zebras in to the original, and currently extinct, Quagga Zebra that once numbered in the millions.  This is one of the products of this project!

 


Grevy's Zebra

Found only in Northern Kenya and Ethiopia, the Grevy's zebra has a unique stripe pattern.

 


 

Grant's Zebra

Common throughout Eastern Africa.  Note the clean and clearly marked stripes of this subspecies.  Often called Burchell's Zebra, Equus quagga boehmi is generally called Grant's Zebra.

 


 

 

Burchell's Zebra

Burchell's Zebras are easily identified by their shadow or ghost stripes between their dominant black stripes.  This is the Okavango type of Burchell's Zebra.

 


 

Selous's Zebra

The Selous's Zebra of southern South Africa have darker ghost stripes.  This variety comes from Imfolozi Reserve.

 


Chapman's Zebra

The variety of Chapman's Zebra found in Etosha (northern Namibia) have a very distinctive stripe pattern.

 


Chapman's Zebra

The Ethosha variety of the Chapman's Zebra.

 


Cape Mountain Zebra

Found only in South Africa, the Cape Mountain Zebra are a unique species.  This one was seen in DeHoop National Park.

 

 


Cape Mountain Zebra

DeHoop National Park


Cape Mountain Zebra


Hartmann's Mountain Zebra

The golden-mantled Hartman's Mountain Zebra can be found in northern Namibia near the Kaokoveld region.

 


Hartmann's Mountain Zebra

In Namibia's Kaokoveld region.


 

Burchell's Zebra

The shadow stripes are very faint in these Burchell's Zebra seen in Chobe National Park.