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Why are zebras called zebras?

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∙ 11y ago
Updated: 10/8/2023

The name originally applied to a 'wild ass' now extinct and said to be Congolese. There is also a 15th Century reference in both the Italian and Portuguese languages brought to Europe by early explorers.

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