Mammalia. 181 



Imirs are bluish black. Length from nose to vent twenty-one 

 inches ; height at shoulder about seven inches. 



Inhabits South Africa,— forests in the eastern parts of the 

 Colony and beyond it ; — rare. 



Translations of the Linnean Society, vol. xv. p. 468, 



Fam. solidungula. 



Genus Equtts. LinncBus. 



lnc>s->rs g, canines \\, molars ^^, — 40. Eyes large; eui 3 

 pointed, erect, and moveable; feet terminating in a solid hoof; 

 fail with long hair or tufted towards its extremity ; tivo in- 

 guinal mamma ; a hare spot on the inner side of each fore-leg, 

 a little above the knee, or on all the four legs. 



Eqiius Zebra, Linnseus. (The Zebra.) Hair short and 

 •white, with close narrowish black bands on the body, neck, 

 and legs, and brown ones on the face ; nose bay ; dorsal line 

 indistinct from the others ; belly and insides of thighs without 

 bands. Tail blackish ; mane erect, full, bushy, and banded 

 with white ; ears white at the tips, and each with two transverse 

 black bands. Length from nose to base of tail nearly seven 

 feet ; length of tail about fifteen inches ; height at shoulder 

 about four feet. 



Inhabits Africa, — mountainous parts of the Cape of Good 

 Hope, — Guinea, " Congo and Abysinia, LudoJf." 



Equus Zebra, Lin. Equus Montanus, Burchell, ^raue^s, i. 

 139. Zebra, Ray, Quad. Zebra, Buff. Hist. Nat.. Wilde 

 Paard of the Cape Colonists. 



Equus Quagga, 'Pe\m?iTit. (The Quagga.) Hair short; head, 

 neck, mane, and shoulders, blackish brown, banded with white ; 

 on the back and sides'the gound colour is paler and the bands 

 are more diffused ; rump greyish ; dorsal line black, margined 

 on each side with a white line ; belly, tail, and legs white ; ears 

 each with two irregular black bands and a white tip. About 

 the length of BurchelVs Zebra, but of a more robust form. 



Inhabits bouth Africa, — plains in the Interior. 



Le Cougga, Cuv. Reg. Anim. 245. Quacha. Penn. Quad. 

 14. Kwagga or Couagga, Buff. Suppl. Quaggdi of the Cape 

 Colonists. 



Equus BurchelU. (Rurchcirs Zebra.) Hair short; ground 

 colour white ; head with numerous narrow brown stripes ; nose 

 bay-coloured ; the neck and body with alternate transverse 

 stiipcs of black and brown, the former brond, the latter nar- 



