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Chapman's Zebra {Eqtms chapmani) appears to be 

 identical with Burchell's zebra, except that its legs have 

 stripes continued down to its pasterns. These leg stripes are 

 not so regularly defined as those of the mountain zebra. As 

 wC' may meet with specimens having all degrees of striping 

 on the legs, I would submit that the presence or absence of 



Fig. i8i. — The Grew or Somali-land Zebra. 



stripes on the limbs, is a mere question of individual or local 

 difference, and that the so-called Chapman zebra should not 

 be regarded as a distinct variety. 



The Gre'vy or Somali-land Zebra {Equus grivyi, see 

 Fig. i8i). — This animal, which is found in Shoa and Somali- 



