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| Chapman's zebra | |
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| Chapman's zebras at the Melbourne Zoo | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Perissodactyla |
| Family: | Equidae |
| Genus: | Equus |
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| Subspecies: | E. q. chapmani
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| Trinomial name | |
| Equus quagga chapmani | |
Chapman's zebra (Equus quagga chapmani), named after explorer James Chapman, is a subspecies of the plains zebra from southern Africa.[2][3]
Chapman's zebra are native to savannas and similar habitats of north-east South Africa, north to Zimbabwe, west into Botswana, the Caprivi Strip in Namibia, and southern Angola.[4] Like the other subspecies of plains zebra, it is a herbivore that exists largely on a diet of grasses, and undertakes a migration during the wet season to find fresh sources of food and to avoid lions, which are their primary predator.[5] Chapman's zebras are distinguished from other subspecies by subtle variations in their stripes.[6][7] When compared to other equids in the region Chapman's zebras are relatively abundant in number, however its population is now in decline largely because of human factors such as poaching and farming.[8] Studies and breeding programs have been undertaken with the hope of arresting this decline, with a focus on ensuring zebras bred in captivity are equipped for life in the wild, and that non-domesticated populations are able to freely migrate.[9] A problem faced by some of these programs is that captive Chapman's zebra populations experience higher incidence of diagnosed diseases than non-domesticated populations because they live longer, and so are less likely to die in the wild from predation or a lack of food or water.
- ^ Gray, J. E. (1865). "Mr. E. L. Layard on a New Zebra". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 33 (1): 417–422. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7998.1865.tb02359.x.
- ^ Layard, E. L. (1865). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London: London Academic Press.
- ^ Lorenzen, E. D.; Arctander, P.; Siegismund, H. R. (2008). "High variation and very low differentiation in wide ranging plains zebras: insights from mtDNA and microsatellites". Molecular Ecology. 17 (12): 2812–2824. doi:10.1111/j.1365-294X.2008.03781.x. PMID 18466230. S2CID 1041727.
- ^ Equus quagga, IUCN
- ^ Ransom, J. I.; Kaczensky, P. (2016). Wild Equids: Ecology, Management, and Conservation. Johns Hopkins University Press.
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:12was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ de Vos, Charli; Leslie, Alison J.; Ransom, Jason I. (2020). "Plains zebra (Equus quagga) behaviour in a restored population reveals seasonal resource limitations". Applied Animal Behaviour Science. 224: 104936. doi:10.1016/j.applanim.2020.104936. ISSN 0168-1591. S2CID 213360110.
- ^ Ford, Jennifer C.; Stroud, Peter C. (1993). "Captive management strategies for natural behaviour of Chapman's zebra Equus burchelli chapmani at Werribee Zoological Park". International Zoo Yearbook. 32 (1): 1–6. doi:10.1111/j.1748-1090.1993.tb03507.x. ISSN 0074-9664.