''Equus mauritanicus'', the Saharan zebra, is an extinct species of equine which lived in

North Africa North Africa (sometimes Northern Africa) is a region encompassing the northern portion of the African continent. There is no singularly accepted scope for the region. However, it is sometimes defined as stretching from the Atlantic shores of t ...

during the Late Pleistocene and possibly the Holocene, as recently as 6,000 years ago. ''E. mauritanicus'' has in the past been considered synonymous with the living

plains zebra The plains zebra (''Equus quagga'', formerly ''Equus burchellii'') is the most common and geographically widespread species of zebra. Its range is fragmented, but spans much of southern and eastern Africa south of the Sahara. Six or seven subspec ...

''(E. quagga)'', but examination of several skulls show it to be distinct.

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q107919919 Pleistocene horses Zebras Pleistocene mammals of Africa Holocene extinctions Fossil taxa described in 1897