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THE HORSE. 



is another modification of the zebra group. The 

 color of the head, neck, and upper parts of the body 

 is reddish-brown, irregularly banded and marked 

 with dark brown stripes, stronger on the head and 

 neck, and gradually becoming fainter, until lost on 

 the flanks, the haunches and hind quarters being 



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Fig. 14. — Quagga (Equus quagga). 



From a photograph by Mr. York of an animal which lived in the gardens of 

 the Zoological Society of London, 1851-72. 



quite free of stripes. There is a broad, dark, median 

 dorsal stripe. The under surface of the body, the 

 legs, and tail, are nearly white, without stripes. The 

 crest is very high, surmounted by a standing mane, 

 banded alternately brown and white. Though never 

 really domesticated, quaggas have occasionally been 



