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the tail, as in the E. quagga group, instead of at right angles, 

 so that the " gridiron " pattern of E. zebra and the concentric 

 stripe-arrangement of E. grcvui in this region are alike 

 wanting. In general build, as well as in the shape of the head 

 and ears, Foa's zebra comes nearest to E. qv-cigga, the body- 

 stripes, as in that species, meeting the stripe traversing the 



Fig. 14. — Skix of Foa's Zebra (Equus [^Hippotigris] foai). 

 From Lydekker, The Horse and its Relatives, 1912, pi. .\ix, fig. 1. 



middle line of the under surface. The legs are striped to 

 the fetlocks, and the pasterns are black. 



Whether this zebra really represents a distinct species, 

 or whether it should be regarded as a race of the bonte- 

 quagga, akin to both E. q. crmvsJiayi and E. q. seloiisi, may 

 be doubtful. 



No specimen in collection. 



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