Quagga (NHMW-Zoo-MAMM ST710)

3D scan of a mounted skin of a quagga (*Equus quagga quagga*). The quagga is an extinct subspecies of the plains zebra. The last animal died in the Zoo in Amsterdam in 1883. Quaggas were endemic to southern and western Africa and became extinct in the wild in the second half of the 19th century. The Vienna specimen was bought in 1834. In total, there are 30+ quagga specimens in the world's natural history collections. This quagga is not on display in the showrooms of the NHM Vienna. **Specimen**: *Equus quagga quagga* (Boddaert, 1785) **Inventory number**: NHMW-Zoo-MAMM ST710 **Collection**: Natural History Museum Vienna, 1st Zoological Dept., Mammal Coll. (curator: Frank E. Zachos) Find out more about the NHMW [here](http://www.nhm-wien.ac.at/en). Scanned and edited by Anna Haider (NHMW) Scanner: Artec Leo. Infrastructure funded by the FFG.