The extinction of the quagga is examined through colonial taxonomy, Indigenous ǀXam cosmology, and modern conservation efforts. This chapter follows the animal’s transition from an ecological agent in ǀXam traditions to a scientific specimen in European museums and Wunderkammern. The analysis criticizes Carl Linnaeus’s classification system as a “Linnaean Madrasa”—a knowledge institution that imposes European categories on African biodiversity while erasing Indigenous ways of knowing. The chapter also explores Wunderkammern aesthetics and contemporary de-extinction efforts. By analyzing preservation technologies that turned the quagga from a living creature into a static exhibit, the chapter illustrates how museum practices aestheticize extinction. The story of the quagga acts as a lens to understand the ethical failures of preservation without context and emphasizes the importance of “convivencia memory.”