Wiesbaden Quagga

Catalogue number : 442

Sex: male

Locality: -

Date of acquisition: 1865

History of mount: original mount

Measurements:

head - body	2,000 m
tail	0,430 m
ear, left	0,180 m
ear, right	0,180 m
hindfoot	0,450 m
shoulder height	1,090 m

State of preservation: fair; shrinkage has caused the opening of seams and several cracks in the skin, especially of the right side.

Further material of same individual: it is considered that the skeleton at the British Museum (Natural History) London, belongs to this individual

References: Anon (1858); Ridgeway (1909); Hilzheimer (1912); Antonius (1931)

 

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