ARE QUAGGAS EXTINCT?

Quagga

The quagga was a subspecies of zebra found in Southern Africa. It was brown, with stripes only on the head and shoulders.  It was hunted, according to received wisdom, to extinction in the 19th Century.  The last one in captivity died in the Natura Artis Magistra Zoo, Amsterdam, in 1883.

It is regarded as a cryptid because there have been some reports of the animal in Namibia, but Bernard Heuvelmans thought they were unlikely to be genuine quagga.

However, there is a project in South Africa which hopes to back-breed quaggas from zebras.  This commenced in 1987, so we may see the quagga once again.