THE WILD HORSES, ASSES, ZEBRAS 



IN THE 



ZOOLOGICAL PARK 



The presence of a great Zoological Park in New York, under the 

 direction of the New York Zoological Society, will render possible in 

 future years the completion of the HISTORY OF THE HORSE through the 

 exhibition and study of all the wild living types. 



A complete list of the wild equines now or very recently shown in the 

 Park, and the principal geographic range of each, is as follows: 



WILD HORSES. 



PRZEWALSKY HORSES, Equus przewalskii. DESERT OF GOBI, CENTRAL 

 ASIA. 



WILD ASSES. 



PERSIAN WILD Ass, Equus hemippus. DESERTS OF S. PERSIA, AND 

 ARABIA. 



KIANG, Equus hemionus. N. ASIA; TRANS-BAIKAL REGION. 



ZEBRAS. 



GREVY ZEBRA, Equus grevyi. ABYSSINIA AND BR. E. AFRICA. 

 GRANT'S ZEBRA, Equus granti. BRITISH EAST AFRICA. 

 CHAPMAN ZEBRA, Equus burchelli chapmani. CENTRAL SOUTH AFRICA. 

 MOUNTAIN ZEBRA, Equus zebra. CAPE COLONY, S. AFRICA. 



The Przewalsky Wild Horse, otherwise known as the Steppe horse, 

 and nearest relative of the domestic horse , is readily distinguished 

 from all modern domesticated breeds by the entire absence of the 

 forelock and by the fact that the mane rises along the neck like a crest 

 exactly as in the zebras and asses, and does not fall over on one side, as 

 in the domestic horse. The large head, rather short and truly horselike 



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