The Quagga (Equus quagga quagga) was a species of equid that lived in South Africa. It became extinct in the 19th century due to increased hunting of the animal by Dutch settlers. Its name originated from the sound it made, which sounded like "kwa-ha-ha." It is one of the animals that scientists are trying to "breed back" into existence. The Quagga Project, an organization attempting to bring back the animal, are still working on a plan to do so.
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Novels
Jurassic Park
Lewis Dodgson references the quagga as an example of how extinct animals could be cloned while trying to convince the board members of Biosyn to steal InGen's dinosaur DNA.
The Lost World
Ian Malcolm mentions the quagga as an example of how extinct animals could be cloned in an attempt to explain to the other members of his group why InGen needed a second island.
