KORTHERN MOUNTAIN ZEBRA 



137 



{head and neck stretched out, and measured from the tip 

 of the nose to the root of the tail) ; tail, 2 feet 6 inches. 



Hippotigris crawshayi. Northern Mountain Zebra. 

 Noordelike Berg Zebra. Kleine Wilde Paard. 



Similar in build, size, &c., to the Burchell's Zebra, to 

 which it is linked b}^ some zoologists and treated as a 

 sub-species. As the animal is totally devoid of shadow 



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Fig. 61. — Crawshay's Zebra. 



stripes, I think it should be treated as a separate species, 

 along with Grant's Zebra of East Africa. 



This animal is striped all over with solid black and 

 white markings, the barrel stripes meeting the median 

 longitudinal belly line, and not as is the case with the 

 Cape Mountain Zebra, where the barrel stripes stop on 

 the sides of the body, leaving a pure white belly. It also 

 has no dewlap, and is, like the Burchell's Zebras, of 

 equine build. The legs are striped to the hoofs, the 



