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The quagga was the first extinct animal to have its DNA analysed, [17] and this 1984 study launched the field of ancient DNA analysis. It confirmed that the quagga was more closely related to zebras than to horses, [18] with the quagga and mountain zebra (Equus zebra) sharing an ancestor 3–4 million years ago. [17]
The Cape mountain zebra, a subspecies of mountain zebra, nearly went extinct due to hunting and habitat destruction, with less than 50 individuals left by the 1950s. Protections from South African National Parks allowed the population to rise to 2,600 by the 2010s.
Equus simplicidens, also known as the Hagerman horse and American zebra, is an extinct species of equine native to North America during the Pliocene and Early Pleistocene. [1] It is one of the oldest and most primitive members of the genus Equus .
A species is declared extinct after exhaustive surveys of all potential habitats eliminate all reasonable doubt that the last individual of a species, whether in the wild or in captivity, has died. [15] Recently extinct species are defined by the IUCN as becoming extinct after 1500 CE. [1]
Despite the world's last captive thylacine dying in 1936, the secretive animal wasn't declared extinct until 1986. More recently in 2007 the Baiji dolphin , a rare river dolphin native to China ...
Eight of the extinct bird species were found in Hawaii, including the Po`ouli, which was last seen in 2004. The Po`ouli is the most recently seen species of all 21 animals on the list.
The zebras were being transported from Washington to Montana when the driver took the Interstate 90 exit for North Bend, located about 30 miles (48 kilometers) southeast of Seattle, to secure the ...
However, ancient DNA studies indicate that the giant Cape zebra is not a separate species, but a distinct lineage of the plains zebra (E. quagga). [27] North African zebra: Equus mauritanicus: North Africa Related to the plains zebra. Disappeared c. 4000 BCE. [26] Equus melkiensis: Northern Algeria and Morocco Disappeared c. 4000 BCE.