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it roamed in immense herds over the plains of Cape Colony, the 

 Orange River Colony, and part of Griqualand West, but it 

 appears never to have been found north of the Vaal River. 

 It closely resembled Burchell's zebra, being more like the 

 horse than the ass, though like some North-African horses 

 and Celtic ponies it had no chestnuts on the hind legs. It 

 approached the horse in colour and character of the tail more 



Fig. 37. Typical Burchell Zebra. 



than any other of the striped Equidae. The ground colour of 

 the upper parts of the body was light reddish-brown or bay, 

 the under surface of the body, the legs and the tail were 

 nearly white. The head, neck, and front of the body were 

 marked with dark brown stripes, which are commonly said to 

 fade away gradually behind the shoulders, the hinder part of 

 the body, save for a broad dorsal stripe, and the legs being 

 free from marks S but according to Dr Noack^ the transverse 



^ Tegetmeier, oj). cit. pp. 62-3. 



2 "Das Quagga," in Zool. Garten, 1893, p. 289. 



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