. Annals of the South African Museum. Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. 28 ANNALS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM In a monograph Antonius (1951), a world authority on zebras, included the quagga and the Burchell's zebras in the single species Equus quagga, as had been done earlier (Pocock 1904; St Leger 1932). This view is supported by Rzasnicki (1951), Mohr (1964) and Klingel (1969, 1972) amongst others. There is, however, a second school of thought which divides them into two species, Equus quagga and Equus burchelli (Ansell 1971). As the present study has revealed that there is no definite
. Annals of the South African Museum. Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. 28 ANNALS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM In a monograph Antonius (1951), a world authority on zebras, included the quagga and the Burchell's zebras in the single species Equus quagga, as had been done earlier (Pocock 1904; St Leger 1932). This view is supported by Rzasnicki (1951), Mohr (1964) and Klingel (1969, 1972) amongst others. There is, however, a second school of thought which divides them into two species, Equus quagga and Equus burchelli (Ansell 1971). As the present study has revealed that there is no definite division between the quagga and Burchell's zebras, the former view is supported. ADDITIONAL MATERIAL KAZAN —MOUNTED SKIN Fig. 1 Catalogue number: 109 Sex: female Locality: unknown Date of acquisition: 1843 Remarks on acquisition: bought in Hamburg from a Mr Brandt by Professor Eversman for the Zoological Museum of Kazan University. * Fig. 1. Kazan Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original South African Museum. Cape Town [etc. ] The Museu
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