Engraving showing a Quagga in it’s natural habitat. This animal was a gift by Sir George Grey, Govenor of the Cape Colony, to the Zoological Society Gardens, Regent’s Par London, in 1858. By 1900 the Quagga was recognised internationally to be extinct.

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Size: 7995px × 5474px
Photo credit: © still light / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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