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including the Orange River Colon}' and the southern and central districts of 

 Cape Colony. "Skin-hunting" resulted, however, in the total extermination 

 of this interesting animal, which seems to have disappeared for ever during the 

 sixties of last century. It has been supposed that there were several races of 

 quagga, for two of which were suggested the names E. q. greyi and E. q. lorenzi ; 

 the former name being in honour of the late Sir George Grey, the donor of 

 one of the last survivors of the species to the London Zoological Gardens. 



BOEHM S BOSTE-QUACGA. 



Later on, a third was added to the number of these presumed races, while it was 

 at the same time pointed out that a quagga in the Museum at Paris appeared to 

 be in many respects between greyi and lorenzi. To this Paris specimen, together 

 with another in the museum at Turin, a Spanish naturalist has given the name 

 E. trouessarti. The evidence of the Paris and Turin specimens would, however, 

 seem to be in favour of regarding greyi and lorenzi as inseparable ; and perhaps it 

 is too late in the day to attempt the determination of local races of the species. 



