In 1883, after its population was reduced drastically due to act of the hunter, the world's last quagga died in the zoo of Amsterdam.
Quagga is a sub-species of animals zebra from South Africa, the only difference is they do not have dappled in the leg.
More than 100 years after the extinct quagga, scientists claim has been brought back to the sub-species of the world, through selective breeding that diligently done for 30 years.
His project, called The Quagga Project, begun 30 years ago, when Reinhold Rau, founder of the University of Cape Town, to analyze a set of DNA samples from the skin quagga. When the results arrived, he surprised and delighted to discover the creature was already extinct are genetically the same as the zebra. In other words, quagga and zebra not a different species.
Known, quagga and zebra is not a different species.
What Knowledge is important, as it proves, the real difference between a zebra and quagga is located on fur patterns.
With this information, Rau was planning to 'awaken' the return of this species by selective breeding zebra to bring the quagga characteristics.
The main difference between the two species is graded quagga stripes of black and white to brown or white plain towards the hind legs. Quagga in the 19th century sort of looks like a zebra who sat exhausted in the mud.
After perkambangbiakkan for 30 years, the team claims that the quagga has returned. Since the zebra and quagga same DNA, scientists say, this latest generation, an extinct animal that back again.
"By all intents and purposes, the quagga back in. The project was a huge success," said one researcher, Eric Harley, quoted Science Alert.
Although this sounds awesome project, many are critical of it and call it 'violates the natural law' and 'efforts to find public attention'. The team also responded that they did not use genetic modification to revive the quagga, and the project was responsible for the act of a hunter, and bring back the South African native animals they killed brutally.
However, the team agreed to call this new animal Rau-quagga, quagga instead, to distinguish it. It is hoped this will silence the protesters.
One of the amazing aspects of this project, is that although rau-quagga animal breeding results, they are fertile. This is because, rau-quagga not the result of interbreeding. They are sub-species retain his genes, so that they can successfully breed.
The team hopes to continue the project to eventually create rau-quagga herd so that they could live freely in South Africa should their ancestors in the 19th century.
