Quaggas

One of my favorite extinct animals has long been the quagga. Native to southern Africa, it was hunted to extinction in the late nineteenth century. The last surviving quagga died in the Amsterdam zoo in 1883. The quagga was long thought to be a distinct species but DNA analysis showed that it was actually a subspecies of zebra.The Quagga Project, started in South Africa in 1987, is attempting to "breed back" the quagga from a zebra.


The Quagga Project:

http://www.quaggaproject.org/

The only known photo of a quagga was taken at Regent's Park Zoo in London in 1870.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Quagga_photo.jpg