NEW YORK ZOOLOGICAL PARK. 



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.PRJEVALSKY HORSES. 



are very perfect and typical representatives of their species. 



Grant's Zebra, (Equus burchdli gmnti).0 all the zebras 

 now seen in captivity, the great majority belong to what 

 very properly may be designated as the group of Burchell 

 Zebras. This group contains, besides the type species, which 

 has practically no stripes on its legs, four subspecies, whose 

 legs are more or less striped, and which may or may not 

 possess "shadow stripes" on the hind-quarters. A "shadow 

 stripe" is a faint, dark stripe in the middle of a wide white 

 or pale yellow stripe which lies between two broad black 

 stripes. 



Grant's Zebra is the most heavily striped of the subspecies 

 composing the Burchell group. The visitor will observe 

 that its horizontal leg-stripes are very pronounced, and so 

 numerous that they are carried quite down to the hoofs. 

 The ground-color of the animal is a cold white, and the 

 thigh and body stripes are very wide and intense. This 

 fine pair was captured in Masailand, East Africa, in 1902. 



Chapman's Zebra, (Equus burchdli chapmani), also be- 

 longs to the Burchell group, and in its color pattern it ap- 

 proaches quite nearly to the type. The legs of the male 

 bear a few stripes, those of the female almost none. There 

 are visible on the hind-quarters, of the female a few faint 

 shadow-stripes. 



