Order Perissodactyla Author James H. Honacki Author Kenneth E. Kinman Author James W. Koeppl text 1982 Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections Lawrence, Kansas, USA Editor James H. Honacki Editor Kenneth E. Kinman Editor James W. Koeppl Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition) 308 311 book chapter http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7353013 100914d3-0cbe-40ee-aa87-a06a3107e1cd 0-89327-235-3 7353013 Equus burchelli (Gray, 1824) . Zool. J., 1:247 . TYPE LOCALITY: South Africa , Bechuanaland , Little Klibbolikhoni Fontein . DISTRIBUTION: Blue Nile to Orange River, including S.W. Somalia and S.W. Ethiopia , to S. Africa to S.E. Zaire and S. and E. Angola . COMMENT: Does not include the extinct species, quagga ; see Bennett, 1980 , Syst. Zool., 29:272-287; Groves and Willoughby, 1981 , Mammalia , 45:321-354. Many previous workers regarded quagga and burchelli as conspecific; see Rau, 1978 , Ann. S. Afr. Mus ., 77. At least 21 synonyms of burchelli exist, most based on variations in stripe pattern. Cabrera, 1936, J. Mamm., 17:89-112, synonymized most forms and demonstrated a cline in stripe pattern. Reviewed by Grubb, 1981 , Mamm. Species, 157:1- 9. ISIS NUMBER: 5301418001001002001.