PRJEVALSKY'S HORSE. 



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the ordinary Prjevalsky's horse. Professor Ewart tells 

 me that the shoulder and leg stripes are almost imper- 

 ceptible in his Prjevalsky's horse. 



Mane. — This wild horse has practically no forelock, 

 which, in his case, is almost as poorly developed as that 

 of the onager. The hairs of the mane are coarse and stiff. 

 During summer, they maintain an erect position (Fig. 607) 

 and grow about 5 or 6 inches long. Towards winter, they 



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Fig. 611. — Prjevalsky's horses in winter coat. 



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increase in length, and arch more or less downwards 

 to one side of the neck (Figs. 610 and 611). We may 

 therefore regard the mane of this animal as intermediate 

 between that of the horse and that of the Asiatic wild ass. 

 Tail. — The hairs of the tail on the back (dorsal side) of 

 the dock, for about 8 inches from the root, are short, 

 coarse and stiff. On the sides of the dock (as in the 

 domestic horse), long hairs extend from the root of the 

 dock to the end of the dock. This shortness of the hairs 



