Equus Zebra Zebra (Noun)
Meaning
Narrow-striped nearly extinct zebra of southern Africa.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- The Equus quagga quagga or Equus zebra zebra, nearly driven to extinction in the wild, remains an important species in southern Africa.
- Unfortunately the population of the Equus zebra zebra plummeted dramatically over the centuries, becoming a critically endangered subspecies.
- Once a widespread animal, the Equus zebra zebra nearly became extinct, although breeding programs in some southern African reserves show some signs of success.
- Many have campaigned to reintroduce and increase the Equus zebra zebra populations to levels of self-sustainability within national wildlife areas in Africa.
- Now some large animal reserves offer rare glimpses of Equus zebra zebra within enclosed naturalistic settings mimicking its lost African savannahs.