EXTINCT ANIMALS 



become extinct. But it is not a zebra, as no 

 doubt some of you thought it must be. This 

 is the quagga, which differs from the zebra in 

 being striped in front only. The quagga Hved 



Fig. 10. — Photograph of the living Quagga {Equus quagga) 

 in the gardens of the Zoological Society in 1875, now 

 extinct. 



in South Africa, and was quite common there 

 until forty years ago. This photograph was 

 taken from a specimen which lived in the 



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