SPECIES OP MAMMALIA. 



752. 2. E. Hemionus (the Dziggtai). Light-bay in sum- 

 mer, redder in winter, mane and dorsal line black ; tail 

 terminated by a black tuft. As big as a moderate horse. 



Equus Hemionus Dziggtai Dictus, Palla^s, Nov. Can. 

 Petrop. VII. 394. Probably the Wild Mule of antiquity. 



Icon. Pallas, I. c. pi. 7. 



Inhabits the Deserts of Mangolia. 



753- 3. E. Asinus (the Ass.) The Wild Ass (which is 

 presumed to have sprung from emancipated tame indivi- 

 duals) is as big as a moderate-sized horse, with ears not 

 quite so long as in the domesticated race. Gray or brownish-, 

 yellow, with a brown dorsal band, and one on each shoulder. 

 The domesticated races vary but little in colour, being ge- 

 nerally gray, with a black humeral stripe, and long hair at 

 the end only of the tail. 



"Ovof, Aristotle. Onager, Pliny. Equus Asinus, Lin. 

 Kaidon of Southern Russia. 



Common Ass of Authors. 



Icon. Johnsto?fs Quad. 16, Buff. iv. 11, Sfc. 



Inhabits 



754. 4. E. Quagga (the Couagga). Head and neck dark- 

 brown, with transverse grayish-white stripes; the under 

 part and legs whiter ; tail terminated with long hairs. 

 About four feet high at the withers. 



Equus Quagga. Chn. Asinus Quagga, Gray's Zool. Journ. 

 Quaccha, Pen. Quad. Couagga, Buff. Sup. vii. Female 

 Zebra, Edwards's Gleanings. Opeacha, Masson. 

 Icon. Buff. I. c. pi. 7. Young, Edwards, I. c. pi. 223. Cuv. 

 Menag. du Mus. 



Inhabits Southern Africa. 



755. 5. E. Zebra (the Ze])ra.) White, with numerous 

 brownish-black bands of more or less intensity, and lighter 



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