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Photograph of the Kazan Quagga

Kazan Quagga

Catalogue number :  109

Sex: female

Locality: unknown

Date of acquisition: 1843

History of mount:  this specimen was dismantled because of insect damage and stored safely for many years until 1969, when Mr. M. A. Zaslavski mounted it again in St. Petersburg (Leningrad), Russia

Measurements: -

head - body

2,36 m*               (2,42 m)*

tail

0,54 m                 (0,53 m)

ear

0,14 m                 (0,17 m)

hind foot

0,56 m                 (0,54 m)

shoulder height

1,29 m                 (1, 28 m)

State of preservation: appears to be good

Further material of same individual:- none

References:  none known

* Measurements received through 2 intermediaries are not identical

 



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