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UNGULATES. 



Burchell's Zebra. 



Sneuwberg, and Winterhock ranges, where they are strictly protected by special 

 laws. 



Burchell's zebra (E. burchelli), commonly known by the Boers 

 as the quagga, is a rather stouter and taller animal than the last, 

 standing from 4 feet 4 inches to 4 feet 6 inches (13 to 13 J hands) at the shoulder. 

 It is further distinguished by its shorter ears, longer and more fully-developed 

 mane, and more thickly-haired tail, as well as by the absence of the transverse 

 bars connecting the stripe on the middle of the back with the uppermost of those 





BUBOHXLL'fl ZEBRA (^ nat. size). 



on the haunches, and likewise by the union of every alternate body-stripe with its 

 fellow on the middle of the under surface of the body. In the typical form (as 

 represented in our illustration) the tail and legs are quite devoid of stripes, but in 

 the so-called Chapman's zebra, which is only a variety of this species, both may be 

 striped, although the stripes never extend on to the pasterns. The general ground- 

 colour of the hair varies from white to yellowish brown, and the stripes may be 

 dark brown or black. The hoofs are said to be much more like those of a pony 

 than are those of the preceding species. 



Distribution Burchell's zebra is a plain-dwelling animal, which never appears 



and Habits, to have ranged southwards of the Orange River. It now appears to 



be practically exterminated in the Transvaal, but is still to be met with in numbers 



