Quagga - Jennifer - Third Hour

The quagga is a cross species between a zebra and a donkey. It is known to have the head of a zebra and a butt of a donkey with pure white legs. This species does not have evidence of still being alive. Although there is some evidence that thy once were living. I believe that the once known quagga still exists and the genetic connections are still able to be brought back out by the right breeding. 

Credible evidence shows that the quagga species existed but are now extinct. They were around in 1840’s but the extinction only took thirty years. The only known quagga photographed was at Regent's Park Zoo mare in London. The pictures were taken by Fredrick Yark and Frank Haes in 1870’s. The quagga is part of the animalia kingdom. Its phylum is chordate, and its class is mammalia. The family of the quagga is equidae. The quagga even has different names in other places such as Dutch where they are called Kaapse Quagga, French where they are called Zèbre Couagga, Swedish where they are called Kvagga, and Spanish where they are called Cuagga. With that giving you credible evidence that not only did it exist but, it was well known throughout other places also. 

Some people do not believe that the quagga has ever existed. This is because they were so rare with barely any pictures to prove they existed. It is said that they only lived for thirty years and then they were extinct. This could be because they never really existed. They could have been just an off bred of zebras. That didn’t fully generate its traits. If there was some evidence today of the genetics in that of a quagga still existed then maybe others would believe in this quagga tale. As of now though there is no great credible evidence that the quagga was just a mentally challenged zebra that didn’t fully grow. 

In conclusion this specific cryptid known as the quagga is extinct. That is, if it ever did exist. The quagga was a mix of a donkey and a zebra, with pure white legs. It has no special traits other then being unique. There were two known quaggas’ listed on the internet. And only one known quagga that was photographed. I do in fact believe that the quagga once did exist and if we breed the right zebras we will once again have quaggas.

Resources

[http://www.petermaas.nl/extinct/speciesinfo/quagga.htm] Figure 1—retrieved: April 06, 2009

[http://www.messybeast.com/extinct/quagga.htm] The quagga—retrieved: April 06, 2009

[http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/mammal/mesaxonia/quagga.html] An audio introduction to the quagga—retrieved: April 07, 2009

[http://www.quaggaproject.org/] The quagga project in south Africa—retrieved: April 07, 2009