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THE UNGULATES, OR HOOFED MAMMALS 



that this infusion of domesticated blood has led to the nearly-uniform coloration of 

 the tarpan. 



p . . .., It may be mentioned in this place that a wild horse from Central 



Horse Asia, described as E. prejevalskii, has been regarded as indicating a 



distinct species. It is of dun color, becoming darker on the back, 



where, however, there is no distinct stripe, and nearly white on the under parts. 



Although agreeing in most respects with the horse, it differs by the mane being erect 



THE TARPAN. 

 (One-twenty-fifth natural size.) 



and without a forelock on the forehead, and by the hair on the tail being confined 

 to the lower half. Sir W. H. Flower suggests that this animal may prove to be a 

 hybrid between the tarpan and the kiang. 



Domestication We have seen that in Europe the horse was probably domesticated 

 during the prehistoric period, and we turn now to the evidence afforded 

 by the Egyptian monuments as to the date of its first use in that ancient country 

 tt appears that no pictorial representations of the animal occur in the frescoes of the 



