ZOOLOGICAr> SOCIE'n" BULLETIN 



99 



So far as experiments liave been made, all species 

 of zebras appear to be quite capable of domestica- 

 tion, and training to work in harness. While some 

 individuals are of vicious temper, and difficult to 

 train, this is equally true of range-bred horses, and 

 there is no evidence to prove that zebras can not be 

 l)red, trained and driven quite as successfully as 

 horses of the best class. In the Transvaal, the 

 Messrs. Zeedesberg once employed eight zebras to 

 draw one of their coaches between Pretoria and Fort 

 Tuli, in Rhodesia. The animals were caught wild, 

 easily broken to harness, and pulled willingly and 

 well. 



At the Agricultural SIiow held in Pretoria in 



April, 1892, Captain M. H. Hayes broke in a Burchell 

 Zebra, in half an hour's tiine, so that it could be 

 ridden without an accident; and this was accom- 

 plished without throwing, hobbling, or tying the ani- 

 mal head to tail. 



In view of the immunity of the zebra from the 

 death-dealing powers of the tsetse Hy. and the 

 absolute certainty of its value as a draught animal, 

 it seems very strange that the colonists of South 

 Africa have not long ago brought this fine animal 

 into general use, at least in the pest-ridden fly- 

 districts. 



The species of zebras and wild asses of Africa, as 

 now recognized, are as shown below: w. T. H. 



5 f^WILD ASS. 



I African Wild Ass iDne stripe only). E. asiiius. 



(^Somali Wild Ass (Stripes on legs). K. asiniis somalicus. 

 OU.\GG.A. (Half zebra striped), if. ywdj,'^*?, ..... 



N. E. Africa. 



SOM.ALILANIl. 

 Extinct. 



Q -; BURCHZLL 

 r : ZEHR.-XS. 



BuRCHKLL'S Zeur.\ Type (Least striped of zebras), E. burclulli, " Probably now extinct." 

 Damaraland Zebra, E. burchdli antiguorum, . 

 Ch\v\ws'S Z^SRA, E. burc/ie/li ir/tapmani, 



Sp.Lors' Zebra, E. burchelU sclousi, 



Crawshay's Zebra (Heavily striped), E. burclulli ctazcs/iayi, 



< MOUNTAIN ZEBR.A. (He.ivily striped). £". -c^ra, 



N l-GREVY'S ZEBRA. (Most striped of zebras), £".^;w/r, 



S. W. Africa. 

 Central S. Africa, 

 Mashonaland. 

 Nvassaland, and 

 German E, Africa. 



. S. Africa. 



. E. Africa. 



