FIG. 7. THE EXTREMELY RARE MOUNTAIN ZEBRA, Eqmts zebra 



striped. This belief is strengthened by the fact that reversional 

 striping occurs in all the dun colored horses on the face, the limbs, and 

 the shoulders, while the medium back stripe is found in the duns, bays 

 and browns among the horses. 



The Mountain Zebra (Fig. 7) is the rarest animal in our entire col- 

 lection, because it is now extinct throughout a large part of its former 

 range and is carefully protected by the South African government in 

 its remaining mountain fastnesses. Like the Grant zebra, its color 

 bands are very broad and comparatively few in number, but it possesses 

 a broad gridiron of transverse stripes over the hips, which is only 

 partially developed in the Grant. Other characteristic features are its 

 short head, very long ears, the distinct lap or loose fold in the under 



