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were shot by Mr. Penrice within a range of 100 

 yards. 



Another closely allied form is the Kaokoland 

 zebra, a hill-frequenting zebra found in the Kaoko 

 veldt, in Northern Damaraland, German South- West 

 Africa. There can be little doubt that this animal 

 is merely a local race of the mountain zebra. 

 It exhibits practically the same markings and 

 characteristics as the mountain zebra of Cape 

 Colony. 



Granfs zebra, the latest of all equine discoveries 

 in Africa, seems to be a connecting link between the 

 mountain and Burchell's zebra. Upon the whole, in its 

 markings, tail, sturdy appearance, and general charac- 

 teristics, especially in the very perfect banding of the 

 legs, this fine animal seems to approach more nearly 

 the mountain type than the zebra of the plains 

 Burchell's zebra. It comes from Abyssinia and the 

 adjacent region, and the only specimen as yet known 

 in this country was one presented in 1901 by King 

 Menelik to King Edward. It is probably a northern 

 variation of the true or mountain zebra of the south 

 of Africa. Sportsmen travelling in Abyssinia will 

 render good service to natural history if they can 

 accurately locate this interesting species, and send 

 home some skins. This can be done without any 

 wasteful or wanton slaughter. 



Burchell's zebra, which is by far the best known 

 and most widely distributed of all the zebras, once 

 ranged from the Orange River to East Africa. It is 

 practically exterminated south of Khama's country 



