248 Mr. Graj^'s Revision of the Equidce, 



The hoofs, as Mr. Burchell very justly observes, offer a good 

 cliaracter between the Zebra of the Mountains and that of the 

 Plains. In the latter, j4. Burchellii, the edge of the hoof is narrow 

 and sharp, the hinder part is tiattish, and the centre is extended and 

 concave: and in the former, or true Zebra, the edge and hinder 

 part are thick and convex, and the centre deep and contracted. — 

 See pi. ix. f. 3, A. Zebra: f. 2, A. Burchellii; both being dimi- 

 nished to one-half the natural size. 



Sp. 4. Asinus Zebra. The Zebra. 



A. albiduSj capite corpore artubusque nigro-fasciatis, ventre 

 albido, linea media nigra serrata, linea dorsali indistincta. 



Equus Zebra. Lin. Sys. Nat.]. 101. 



Equus Brasiliensis. Jacob. Mas. Reg. 3. 



Equus Montanus. Burchel. Trav. }. 139. 



Hippotigre. Dion. Lib. 77. 



Zebra Indica. Aldrov. ; Jonston. Quad. 



Zebra. Rai/. Quad. 69. Zeura, or Zuora. Lobo. Abys. 

 j. 291. Wild Ass. Kobben. Cape.il 112. Wild Paard. Burchell. 

 Dauro. Hottentots. 



Zebre. Biiffon. Hist. xii. 1. 



Icon. Jonston. Quad, t, 5. f. I. bad. Jacob. Mus. Reg. 3. 

 t. 2. f. 1. Laver. Mus. Reg. t. 3. f. 18. Bitffon. xii. t. 12 ! 

 very good. G. Cuvier. Menag. t. — ! Edzoard. Glean, j. i. 

 t. 222. bad; bands too red. Shaw. Zool. t. 217. cop. Edw. 

 Bezoic/c. 22. very good. 



Inhabits Africa. Mountainous parts of the Cape of Good Hope, 

 Burchell. " Congo, Guinea, and Abyssinia,"XMr/o//;e." 



Description. — Fur white, with close narrowish black bands on 

 the body, neck, and legs, and brown ones on the face; nose bay; 

 dorsal line indistinct from the others^ Belly and inside of the 

 thighs bandless. Tail blackish. Mane erect, thick, bushy, 

 banded with white. Ears, with two black bands and white tips. 



Live in troops, on hard dry herbs, and are not capable of being 

 tamed unless they are taken very young. The beautiful female 

 that is in Exeter Change appears to be vicious, for she is fond of 

 being taken notice of, but gradually sidles round, and attempts 

 to kick at her fondlcr. 



