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Quaggas in museums all over the world

All that remains of the countless numbers of Quaggas, that inhabited the vast plains of the Karoo and southern Free State in South Africa, are: twenty three skins, which are mounted, in more or less life-like positions, seven skeletons and some skulls and foot bones, housed in Museums mostly in Europe, illustrations and descriptions made by either early travellers to Southern Africa or of Quaggas in captivity in Europe.

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  Zoologisches Institut der Universität, Tübingen, Germany

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  Museum d’Histoire Naturelle, Lyon, France

  Catalogue number : 6102 Sex: female Locality: Kaffraria, South Africa Date of acquisition: 1834: The museum bought a quagga skin (“Une peau de Couaga”) on 18 August 1834 from the House Verreaux ; the form is si ... [+]
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  Natur Museum Senckenberg, Frankfurt, Germany

  Catalogue number: 19207 Sex: registered as male, skin has no sexual organs Locality: – Date of acquisition: 1831 History of mount: remounted at Frankfurt (Lotichus 1912 ) Measurements: head – body 2,100 m tail ... [+]
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  Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Milan, Italy

  Catalogue number : not registered Sex: female,immature Locality: – Date of acquisition: before 1848 (Sordelli 1909) History of mount: original mount Measurements: head – body 1,820m tail 0,370 m ear 0,175 m hin ... [+]
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  Naturhistorisches Museum, Basel, Switzerland

  Catalogue number : 897 Sex: female Locality: received from Shilow/Whittlesea, Eastern Cape Province Date of acquisition: 1862/63 History of mount: re-mounted in 1929 by dermo-sculptor G. Ruprecht Desciption of striking fea ... [+]
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  Naturhistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria

  Catalogue number: NMW -St. 7100 (old number 1834/II/10) Sex: female Locality: – Date of acquisition: April 1834 History of mount: original mount, like Paris specimen, mainly of wood Measurements: head – body 2, ... [+]
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  Museum National d’ Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France

  Catalogue number : not registered Sex: male Locality: Cape Colony Date of acquisition: probably 1798 History of mount: original mount, mainly of wood Measurements: head – body 1,93 m tail 0,29 m ear 0,15 m hindfoot 0 ... [+]
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  Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde, Stuttgart, Germany

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  Naturhistorisches Museum, Mainz, Germany

  Catalogue number: 1955/13 Sex: male Locality: – Date of acquisition: 1840-50 (Hilzheimer 1912) History of mount: original Measurements: head – body 2,020 m tail 0,365 m ear 0,150 m hindfoot 0,440 m shoulder hei ... [+]
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  Hessisches Landesmuseum, Darmstadt, Germany

  Catalogue number : HLM, M719 Sex: female Locality: – Date of acquisition: 1830 History of mount: remounted in 1862 by Inspector Kertz (HilzHeimer 1912) Measurements: head – body 2,260 m tail 0,520 m ear 0,165 m ... [+]
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  Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter, England

  Catalogue number : A758 Locality: Bontebok Flats, British Kaffraria, South Africa (between present Cathcart and Queenstown) Date of acquisition: after 1869 Measurements: (hoof only) anterior height 6,0 cm width 6,7 cm leng ... [+]
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  Peabody Museum, New Haven, U.S.A.

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  Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, U.S.A.

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  Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh, Scotland

  Catalogue number : 1879.35.1 Sex: female Locality: – Date of acquisition: 1879 History of mount: original mount Measurements: head – body 2,205 m tail 0,400 m ear left 0,150 m ear right 0,145 m hindfoot 0,430 m ... [+]
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  Naturkunde Museum, Bamberg, Germany

  Bamberg Quagga Catalogue number : 236 (mammal catalogue) Sex: female? Locality: – Date of acquisition: 9 November 1858 History of mount: re-mounted in 1969 by dermo-sculptor Kaestner, Berlin Desciption of striking fe ... [+]
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  British Museum (Natural History), London, England

  Catalogue number : 1864.7.2.3. (old number: 1449a) Sex: female Locality: – Date of acquisition: 1864 History of mount: original mount of straw Measurements: head – body 2,400 m tail 0,410 m ear 0,165 m hindfoot ... [+]
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  Städtisches Museum, Wiesbaden, Germany

  Catalogue number : 442 Sex: male Locality: – Date of acquisition: 1865 History of mount: original mount Measurements: head – body 2,000 m tail 0,430 m ear, left 0,180 m ear, right 0,180 m hindfoot 0,450 m shoul ... [+]
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  Zoological Museum State University, Kazan, Russia

  Catalogue number : 109 Sex: female Locality: unknown Date of acquisition: 1843 History of mount: this specimen was dismantled because of insect damage and stored safely for many years until 1969, when Mr. M. A. Zaslavski m ... [+]
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  Iziko South African Museum, Cape Town, South Africa

  Catalogue number : SAM 35575 Sex: female, foal Locality: Nelspoort, Beaufort West District, Cape Province Date of acquisition: 1857-60 Remarks on acquisition: donated by A.Dale of Camphersskraal, Nelspoort; animal lived on ... [+]
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  Museum für Naturkunde, Humboldt Universität, Berlin, Germany

  Catalogue number : 4832 (old number: A1133) Sex: female Locality: – Date of acquisition:1867 History of mount: original mount (stuffed with straw) Description of striking features: Measurements: head – body 2,2 ... [+]
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  University College, London, England

  Catalogue number : 1864.7.2.3. (old number: 1449a) Sex: female Locality: – Date of acquisition: 1864 History of mount: original mount of straw Measurements: head – body 2,400 m tail 0,410 m ear 0,165 m hindfoot ... [+]
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  Zoologische Staatssammlung, Munich, Germany

  Catalogue number : AM 541 Sex: female Locality: – Date of acquisition: 1834-5 History of mount: mounted or remounted during first decade of this century by Inspector Kusthardt Measurements: head – body 2,000 m ... [+]
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  Zoological Museum, Tring, England

  Catalogue number : 394830 Sex: appears to be female; two large nipples present, vulva skin forming hump Locality: – Date of acquisition: 1889 History of mount: re-mounted by Edw. Gerrard before 1889 Measurements: hea ... [+]
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  Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet, Stockholm, Sweden

  Catalogue number : Mam Ex. 14 Sex: foetus Locality: Cape Colony Date of acquisition: 1775 Remarks on acquisition: brought to Sweden by A. Sparrman History of mount: original mount of straw; repairs with two hand-sized whit ... [+]
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  Museo e Instituto de Zoologia Sistematica, Turin, Italy

  Catalogue number: 295? Sex: female Locality: – Date of acquisition: 1827 History of mount: original mount with several old repairs especially on head and lumbar region Measurements: head – body 2,45 m tail 0,47 ... [+]
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  Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie, Leiden, The Netherlands

  Catalogue number : 18243 ( old number: Cat. Jentink 1892 No.a ) Sex: male Locality: Cape Colony Date of acquisition: 1830-3 Remarks on acquisition: specimen is probably the second or third of the three received by the Rijk ... [+]
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  Transvaal Museum, Pretoria, South Africa

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  Zoologisch Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

  Catalogue number : ZMA 522 Sex: female Locality: Date of acquisition: 1883 Remarks on acquisition: animal lived at Amsterdam Zoo, 9 May 1867 – 12 August 1883 History of mount: original mount by Inspector Kerz (Hilzhe ... [+]

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The Quagga Project

8 months ago

Prof. Peter Heywood of Brown University, recently published a well-researched and in-depth book on the Quagga. He is pictured here with the Studbook Manger, Bernard Wooding, (on the left) and the Project Co Ordinator, March Turnbull, (on the right) during a field trip to Elandsberg. The book published by Cambridge University Press in 2022 is titled: The Life, Extinction and Rebreeding of Quagga Zebra. Significance for Conservation.
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