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The quagga (Equus quagga) was a yellowish-brown zebra with stripes only on its head, neck and chest. Native to desert areas of the Africa, the quagga was exterminated in the wild in the 1870s. The last captive quaggas died in Europe in the 1880s.

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The Quagga became extinct during the 19th century.

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The last known specimen of the quagga died in an Amsterdam zoo on 12 August 1883.

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