Quagga: Difference between revisions

The quagga is believed to have been {{convert|257|cm|ftin|abbr=on}} long and {{convert|125|–|135|cm|ftin|abbr=on}} tall at the shouldershoulders.<ref name="Walker"/> Based on measurements of skins, mares were significantly longer and slightly taller than stallions, whereas the stallions of extant zebras are the largest.<ref name="Dimorphism">{{Cite journal |last1=Heywood |first1=P. |title=Sexual dimorphism of body size in taxidermy specimens of ''Equus quagga quagga'' Boddaert (Equidae) |journal=Journal of Natural History |date=2019 |volume=53 |issue=45–46 |pages=2757–2761 |doi=10.1080/00222933.2020.1736678|s2cid=216402084 }}</ref> Its coat pattern was unique among [[equid]]s: zebra-like in the front but more like a horse in the rear.<ref name="smithsonian"/> It had brown and white stripes on the head and neck, brown upper parts and a white belly, tail and legs. The stripes were boldest on the head and neck and became gradually fainter further down the body, blending with the reddish brown of the back and flanks, until disappearing along the back. It appears to have had a high degree of [[Polymorphism (biology)|polymorphism]], with some having almost no stripes and others having patterns similar to the extinct southern population of Burchell's zebra, where the stripes covered most of the body except for the hind parts, legs and belly.<ref name="Walker" /> It also had a broad dark dorsal stripe on its back. It had a standing [[mane (horse)|mane]] with brown and white stripes.<ref name="1911 quagga">{{EB1911|wstitle=Quagga}}</ref>