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TELEGONY AND REVEKSION. 



loiver Jlanh stripe. The other flank stripe (Fig. 23, I.F.S.), 

 which lies between the caudal and stifle stripes, may be 

 known as the intermediate flank stripe.^ In Matopo the 

 third flank stripe stops short of the ventral band, while in 

 the true Burchell zebra (Fig. 27) the third flank stripe is 

 at the best feebly developed. Between the great flank 

 stripe and the vertical stripes there are in the craivshayi 

 zebras a number of oblique stripes, some of which reach the 



Fig. 27. 



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A Typical Burcliell's Zebra (E. burclielli). 



ventral band. In the common zebra, the stripe (Figs. 26 

 and 28) which forms one of the handles of the "gridiron"t 

 I look upon as corresponding to the caudal or great flank 

 stripe of Matopo ; it has the same relation to the root of 



* In some zebras one or more of the flank strii)es may bifurcate or unite 

 witli one of the adjacent stripes as it proceeds towards tlie ventral band. 



f The stripes across the croup and rump, together with the two great 

 flank stripes, may be said to form a " gridiron " with two long handles. 



