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The last Quagga in London Zoo, 1864

Short Quagga history at London Zoo: the Zoo purchased its first specimen in 1831, and after that, in a following decades exhibited three of them. The species became extinct in the wild while the third of these animals was still in the Zoo. This last one died in 1872.

In this picture You can see this last one of three to be seen in the Regent’s Park, photographed in 1864.

The last specimen of the species in the world died in Amsterdam Zoo on 12 August 1883.

Source( photo and partly description): Barrington-Johnson, J. 2005. The ZOO, The story of London Zoo

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