Maneless zebra
{{Short description|Subspecies of zebra}}
{{Subspeciesbox
| name = Maneless zebra
| image = Maneless zebras at Kidepo Valley NP - Uganda.jpg
| image_caption = Maneless zebras at Kidepo Valley National Park in Uganda
| genus = Equus
| species = quagga
| species_link = Plains zebra
| subspecies = borensis
| authority = Lönnberg, 1921[https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id116561/ Taxon profile of Equus zebra borensis, falsely described as Selous' zebra]
}}
The maneless zebra (Equus quagga borensis) is a subspecies of the plains zebra spread over the northern parts of eastern Africa. It ranges in northwestern Kenya (from Uasin Gishu and Lake Baringo) to the Karamoja district of Uganda. It is also found in eastern South Sudan, east of the White Nile (for example, in Boma National Park). It is the northernmost subspecies of the plains zebra. The last remaining substantial population is in Kidepo Valley National Park.
Taxonomy
File:Equus quagga borensis in Liberec ZOO in Liberec, Liberec District.jpg]]
The maneless zebra was first described in 1921 by the Swedish zoologist Einar Lönnberg.{{Cite journal|last=Lönnberg|first=Einar|date=1921|title=Equus borensis|journal=Fauna och Flora, Uppsala|volume=16|pages=175–181}} He gave it the name Equus borensis based on a type specimen collected near the town of Bor in South Sudan. Later the maneless zebras have been described by several others. Also in 1954 by Tony Henley, then a ranger in the game department of the Protectorate of Uganda based in Moroto and in charge of Karamoja District.{{Cite conference|publisher = Zoological Society of London by Academic Press|last = Zoological Society of London|title = Transactions of the Zoological Society of London|location = London|year = 1965}} Recently, the animals in the Kidepo Valley National Park have been studied by the Kidepo Wildlife Foundation.
In a research study conducted by J. Pluháček, L. Bartoš and J. Vichová, it was found that out of four plain zebra subspecies, the maneless zebra was the only subspecies that male infanticides were not found.
References
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Further reading
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- {{Cite web
| last = Hack
| first = M.A
|author2=Lorenzen, E
| title = Equus quagga
| accessdate = 2012-07-21
| year = 2011
| url = http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/41013/0
}}
- {{Cite book
| publisher = JHU Press
| isbn = 9781421403298
| last = Groves
| first = Colin
|author2=Peter Grubb
| title = Ungulate Taxonomy
| year = 2011
}}
- {{Cite book
| edition = 2
| publisher = Ashford
| isbn = 9781852530358
| last = Kinloch
| first = Bruce
| title = The shamba raiders : memories of a game warden.
| location = Hampshire
| year = 1972
| url-access = registration
| url = https://archive.org/details/shambaraidersmem0000kinl
}}
- {{Cite journal
| volume = 25
| pages = 228
| title = Säugetierkundliche Mitteilungen
| journal = Säugetierkundliche Mitteilungen
| date = 1977-01-21
}}
- {{refend}}
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20120331194703/http://www.bahr-el-jebel-safaris.com/The_Greatest_Migration-Boma_National_Park.html Image of running Equus quagga borensis among white-eared kob antelopes at Boma National Park, Sudan]
- [https://www.flickr.com/photos/theadventurouseye/5641180488/ image of a maneless zebra at flickr]
- {{cite journal |last1=Pluháček |first1=Jan |last2=Bartoš |first2=L. |last3=Vitchova |first3=J. |title=Variation in Incidence of Male Infanticide within Subspecies of Plains Zebra (Equus Burchelli) |journal=Journal of Mammalogy |date=2006 |volume=87 |issue=1 |pages=35–40 |doi=10.1644/05-mamm-a-126r2.1|s2cid=84362182 |doi-access=free }}
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