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hundreds are thus frequently seen doing their migration from 

 the dreary and desolate plains of some portion of the interior, 

 which has formed their secluded abode, seeking for those more 

 luxuriant pastures where, during the summer months, various 

 herbs thrust forth their leaves and flowers to form a green carpet, 

 spangled with hues the most brilliant and diversified." 



In 1864 the last specimen of the Quagga ever exhibited was 

 received by the Zoological Society, and it is thought that the animal 

 may have survived in its wild state in the Orange River Free State 

 until about 1878, when it became extinct. It was a handsome 

 animal, more strongly built than either Burchell's or the true Zebras. 

 The upper parts of the body were dark rufous brown, and the 

 head, neck, mane, and shoulders were striped with dark brown, 

 the stripes gradually fading until lost behind the shoulder. Grevy's 

 Zebra (Equus grevyi) differs from the other Zebras in its larger 

 size, in the large head and ears, and in the hairiness of the latter. 



With its fat body, short legs, long snout, small eyes, and 

 stumpy tail, the Tapir presents a somewhat pig-like appearance, 

 but it is a deceptive one, for the nearest living allies of the Tapir 

 are not the pigs, but the horse and the rhinoceros. The Tapir 

 is distributed over wide regions in the warmer parts of the Old 

 and New Worlds. All the animals comprised under the single 

 genus Tapirus possess short and movable trunks, by which they 

 convey their food into their mouths, and at the extremity of 

 which are placed the nostrils. They inhabit principally the inmost 

 recesses of the dense tropical forests, and are nocturnal in their 

 habits. The genus is divided into three species, namely, (i) the 

 American Tapir (Tapirus americanus), Roulin's Tapir (T. villosus), 

 and the Asiatic Tapir (T. malayanus). Of these the best known 

 is the American Tapir, which is found in almost all parts of South 

 America from the Argentine to Central America, and from the 

 Andes to the Atlantic. This species is characterised by having 

 the general colour throughout of a deep brown. In captivity it 

 soon becomes quite gentle and domesticated, showing considerable 

 affection for its owner. Roulin's Tapir, or the " Hairy Tapir " as it 

 is sometimes called, is mountainous in its habitat, being found on 

 the inner range of the Cordilleras. In the Miocene and Pliocene 

 Ages the Tapir inhabited Europe, and its fossil teeth are met with 

 frequently in the crag deposits of Norfolk and Suffolk. 



