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UNGULATES. 



THE ASSES (Eqmis hemionus and asinus). 



The true asses differ from the zebras in having their bodies without a series of 

 stripes, although there is always a dark streak down the back, and sometimes 

 another across the shoulders, and likewise irregular transverse bars on the limbs. 



Wild asses are widely distributed over the more arid regions of 

 Asiatic Wild Ass. . . J . 



Asia, ranging from Syria to Persia and Western India, and northwards 



THE TIBETAN WILD ASS, OR KIANG (^ nat. size). 



over a large extent of Central Asia. It was long considered that there were three 

 distinct species of these animals, but although there are at least two well-marked 

 varieties, Mr. Blanford is of opinion that the whole of these form but a single 

 species (E. hemionus). These asses have moderate-sized ears and rather long tails, 

 and stand from 3 feet 8 inches to 4 feet (11 to 12 hands) at the withers. They 

 have a dark brown stripe, sometimes bordered with white, running from the back 

 of the head to the upper portion of the tail, the fore-part of this stripe being formed 



