Talk:Quagga/@comment-2A02:C7D:6062:FC00:187A:2DDB:12D2:5133-20181012180546/@comment-2600:1702:2BD0:38D0:C982:41A7:DD26:3926-20181012193204

It's not supposed to be creative, it just indicates the subspecies that was described first. Also, there is no shortage of creative scientific names.