Plains Zebra
This is the most widespread species of zebra, found across much of the continent of Africa. Not surprisingly, given this large range, there are also 7 different subspecies.
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| Â | Subspecies | Distribution |
|---|---|---|
|  | Maneless zebra,  – Lönnberg, 1921 Only 100-400 survive | northwestern Kenya (from Uasin Gishu and Lake Baringo) to the Karamoja district of Uganda. |
|  | Grant’s zebra – Matschie, 1892 Around 500,000 remain | Zambia west of the Luangwa River and west to Kariba, Katanga Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, north to the Kibanzao Plateau, and in Tanzania north from Nyangaui and Kibwezi into southwestern Kenya as far as Sotik and southwestern Ethiopia from Omo Valley to Nechisar plains in the north and Yabello and Borena Zone to the east. |
|  | Crawshay’s zebra,  – De Winton, 1896 20,000 remain (most in Zambia) | eastern Zambia, east of the Luangwa River, Malawi, southeastern Tanzania, and northern Mozambique south to the Gorongoza District |
|  | Chapman’s zebra,  – Layard, 1865 20300 (most in Zimbabwe) | north-east South Africa, north to Zimbabwe, west into Botswana, the Caprivi Strip in Namibia, and southern Angola. |
|  | Burchell’s zebra – Gray, 1824 663000 in wild | southern Botswana to Etosha and the Kaokoveld, and southeast to Eswatini and KwaZulu-Natal. |
|  | Quagga, †– Boddaert, 1785 Extinct since 1878 | South Africa |
|  | Selous’ zebra, Equus quagga selousi – Pocock, 1897* in 1970 20,000 remained, 1999 very few remained, but they have recovered since | Mozambique |
The zebra is a stereotypical species to encounter on safari, and is generally not hard to find in many reserves. As you can see, from the above date they range from being very stable to heavily endangered.
