656 ASSES, ZEBRAS AND EQUINE HYBRIDS. 



the colouring is so faint that the animal's coat looks almost 

 of a silver white. It has not, or only to a slight extent in 

 exceptional cases, the cross stripe on the shoulders. There 

 is a broad stripe, about 5 inches wide at the croup, down 

 the back, nearly similar to that of the Burchell zebra 

 (Fig. 622). Adults are from 12 to 13 hands high at the 

 withers. Its ears are not quite as long as those of the 

 Nubian wild ass. It is handsome, very fast, and extremely 

 difficult of approach. The feet of the onager (Figs. 617 



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Fig. 617. — Fore foot of onager. 



and 618) resemble the feet of the Prjevalsky wild horse 

 (Figs. 612 and 613) more closely than they do those of 

 the common ass (Fig. 443). 



Syrian Wild Ass (Equus hemippus). This animal 

 is found in Syria, and is practically the same as the 

 onager. 



The Kiang (Equus hemionus, Figs. 619 and 620) is 



