The Quagga has the typical zebra stripes only on its head, neck and shoulder. The legs and the belly are white and the rump is light or reddish brown.

The stripes on the head are characteristic for the different individual Quaggas.

The very broad dark stripes at the Quagga’s head and neck are remarkable and different to the other Savannah zebras.

The Quagga as the most southern subspecies of the Savannah zebra was still in the 17th century the most common larger mammal in South Africa. But only 200 years later the species was already extinct.