THE QUAGGA. 



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tan colour ; the belly is nearly white and at the most only 

 crossed by faint continuations of the body stripes on their 

 way from the dorsal to the ventral band ; the hoofs 

 are rounded in front, with long heels ; the frog is large ; 

 the chestnut, only present on the fore leg, is small ; 

 and the tail carries long hairs only at its tip " {Ewart). 

 It has obtained its name from that of the late Presi- 



Photo 6;/] [M. H. H. 



Fig. 628. — Fore foot of Grcvy's zebra. 



dent of the French Republic, to whom King Menelik of 

 Shoa sent a specimen, as a gift, in 1882. 



The Quagga (Equus quagga, Fig. 630) obtained its 

 designation from its Hottentot name quaha. Up to the 

 end of the first half of last century, it was found in immense 

 numbers in South Africa, and appears to have become 

 extinct about the year 1870. The last specimen in England 



