What is a Quagga?
Q: What is a Quagga?
A: The Quagga is a recently extinct zebra and one of the six subspecies of plains zebra.
Q: What did the Quagga look like?
A: The Quagga was a yellowish-brown zebra with stripes only on its head, neck and forebody, and looked similar to an Okapi.
Q: Where was the Quagga native to?
A: The Quagga was native to dry grassy plains in the south of the African continent and was found as far north as the Orange River.
Q: Why was the Quagga hunted?
A: The Quagga was hunted for food and for their skin, and also because farmers did not want it to eat the grass they needed for their sheep and goats.
Q: When did the last wild Quaggas die?
A: The last wild Quaggas died during a drought in 1878.
Q: Where is the last captive Quagga's body?
A: The last captive Quagga's body is now in a museum.
Q: How is a foundation in Africa trying to bring Quaggas back to life?
A: The foundation is taking zebras that have very light stripes and breeding them. They began in 1987 and the first Quagga foal was born in 2005.
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