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THE ZEBRA OR IIIPPOTIGRES. 



white ; tlie stomach, hind parts, and legs are whitish ; the dorsal line 

 is black; the ears have two irregular black bands and a white tip. 

 In the Daiu, the blackish-brown tint extends over all the upper parts 

 of the body, as well as the stripes, which are alternately black and 

 light brown. The Quagga and the Daw belong to Southern Africa, 

 and especially to Caffraria. The habitat of the Zebra appears to be 

 more extended in range. He is found even as far north as Abyssinia. 

 He was known to the Romans under the name of the Hippotigres, 



ZEBRAS (Equus Z 



and figured in the sanguinary sports of the Amphitheatre. As- 

 suredly he is the handsomest species of the genus Equus (Horse). 

 He is as tall as the Hemionus ; his legs are shapely, his mien and 

 bearing full of spirit ; he has a well-proportioned head, and a coat of 

 incomparable richness of design, with the skin lustrous, and large 

 black stripes symmetrically arranged over the whole body, on a 

 ground of pure white. 



Africa, as I have said above, is the native country of the large 



