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QUAGGA. 



Equus Quagga. E. supra castaneus fasciisfustis, ad latera ma- 



culatus, subtus, pedibus cruribusque albus. Lin. Syst. Nat. 



GmfL p. 213. 

 Subferruginous Horse, whitish beneath, striped above with 



brown, spotted towards the hind parts. 

 Opeagha, or Quagga of the Hottentots. Masson's Travels, Phil. 



Trans, vol. 66. p. 297. 



Le Kwagga, ou Couagga. Sonninis Buff. vol. 29. p. 380. pi. 6. 

 Female Zebra. Edw. pi. 223.? 

 Quagga. Pennant Quadr. i. p. 14. 



THIS animal, which till lately had been con- 

 founded with the Zebra, is now acknowledged as 

 a distinct species, much allied to the former, but 

 marked with fewer and larger bands, which are 

 of a browner colour than in the Zebra, and are 

 chiefly disposed on the fore parts of the animal ; 

 while the hind parts are rather spotted than strip- 

 ed. The ground colour also of the Quagga is of 

 a ferruginous tinge, especially on the thighs and 

 back. It is of a milder or more docile nature 

 than the Zebra, and is said to have been success- 

 fully used by some of the Dutch colonists at the 

 Cape, in the manner of a horse, for draught, &c. 

 It inhabits the same parts of Africa as the Zebra, 

 but is found in separate herds ; never associating 

 with that specie^. 



