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J.J. In the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 



"""Sr foj. ]904 (p. 181) Prof. J. C. Ewart described a Zebra, 



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probably from the district between the upper part of the 

 Tana River and Lake Kudolf, resembling E. zebra in height, the 

 form and size of the head, ears, and muzzle, in the characters of 

 the mane, tail, and hoofs, and also in the gridiron-pattern of the 

 rump-stripes. It differs from that species in the backward 

 inclination of the hairs of the broad dorsal stripe, and in certain 

 details of striping and colour; the ground-colour being rich 

 cream. The name of Ward^s Zebra was suggested for this 

 animal. 



In the same Journal for 1906 (p. 691) the Hon. Walter 

 Rothschild described, as Equus annectans, a Zebra from N. E. 

 Rhodesia distinguished by its narrow white stripes and broad 

 black stripes extending from behind the ears to the root of the 

 tail. The longitudinal stripes, which extend from the root of the 

 tail more towards the shoulder than in any other Zebra, are united 

 to the transverse stripes, instead of being broken, as in most 

 races of the Bonte-Quagga. In the absence of chestnut on the 

 face it resembles E. burchelli selousi. The head, limbs, and tail 

 are evenly marked with narrow white stripes on a black ground ; 

 and the ears are also strongly striped. The skull is stated to 

 be intermediate between that of the Zebra and that of the 

 Bonte-Quagga. Another Zebra, from German East Africa, has 

 been named by Dr. P. Matschie (Weidwerk in Wort und Bild, 

 1906, p. 236) as Hippotigris muansa. 



The last of the living representatives of the Horse 

 Thfi Ass 



■ family is the Ass {Equus asinus), which in a domesticated 



condition, is found almost throughout the habitable world, and as 



a wild animal in North-eastern Africa, south of the Tropic, from 



Upper Nubia to Somaliland. It is the only Wild Ass found within 



the tropics, and the only one which is completely grey at all 



seasons of the year. The typical form of the species appears to 



be the Domesticated Ass of North-western Europe. 



The bodily size in the wild state is medium or large, the height 



at the shoulder ranging from 3 ft. 9J in. to 4 ft. I in. The ears 



are very long, the hoofs small and narrow, with no marked 



