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Adventures in East Africa," states that in one district 

 of East Africa the Rhinos were quiet and docile or 

 timid animals, in another quite the reverse, charging for 

 no apparent reason. The National Collection possesses 

 two of these animals, a bull from German East Africa 

 and a cow from South Central Rhodesia. The former is 

 becoming very troublesome now, although quiet enough 

 for the first eight years of his life in captivity ; the latter 

 is quiet and tractable, and will follow one about like 

 a dog. 



Family EQUID/E. 



Head lengthened, neck adorned with a mane ; tail 

 with long hairs; naked patches (chestnuts) on theinsides 

 of the forelegs ; mammae two in number. Feet encased 

 in a horny box or hoof. Dentition : Incisors 3-3, canines 

 1-1, premolars 4-4, molars 3-3 = 44. The first premolar 

 is small and drops out early in life, not being replaced^ 

 so that the mature dentition totals 40. 



The true Quagga was striped as far as the shoulders 

 only and has long been totally extinct. 



Hippotigris burchelli, Gray. BurchelVs Zebra. 

 Bonte Quagga. 



The main characteristics of the Burchell's Zebra 

 (which has been split up into a number of varieties, 

 species or geographical races — call them what you will) 

 are : — 



(1) A more equine appearance than that of the Cape 

 Mountain Zebra ; shorter ears, and no dewlap. 



(2) The presence of the so-called shadow stripes — a 

 paler stripe in the white field dividing the black stripes. 



(3) No gridiron pattern on the back, and the hair on 

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