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9. Equus zespra (Linneous) ; Wilde-paarde (Dutch Colonists) ; 
Hippotigris zebra v. campestris (Smith); Asinus zebra (Gray) ; 
Hqaus montanus (Burchellii) ; Daw (or true zebra) of the Colonists ; 
Hipp. antiquoruam (H. Smith). Louis Figuier states that the 
Persians used to slaughter zebras (probably onagers) at their 
religious festivals, and kept a stock of them for the purpose on a 
small island in the Red Sea. 
Mane and tail - End of tail a black tuft ; remainder of tail white. 
Mane bushy, hog, and banded. 
Horny wuppendages—Hoofs narrow, with hollow soles; no castors. 
Colouwr—Creamy white, inside of legs and belly white ; muzzle 
reddish or tan. 
Markings—Striped of black colour over the body, head, and limbs, 
the bands being narrow or wide, black, and sinuous, and uniting 
with the longitudinal dorsal line. Those of body nearly vertical, 
those of limbs horizontal and closer together than those on the 
body. 
Size—Under thirteen hands, exceeds eight feet in extreme length. 
Habitat—Inhabits the hilly region of South Africa. Harris 
gives his range from Abyssinia to the Cape. The Dutch farmers 
used to catch foals and export them ‘‘ chiefly to Mauritius, where it 
is said they were often whimsically trained to harness.” A Queen 
of Portugal used to drive a team o f zebras, and Rarey tamed 
one. Upwards of 160 in a troop ; is shy, fierce, obstinate, nearly 
untameable, timid, supposed to be rapidly becoming extinct. 
Voice—Subdued neighs like the gasps of a dying man (Ander- 
son), 
Hars—Long and widely opened. 
Head—Light. 
Remarks—Flesh coarse, oily, unpalatable; two mamme. There 
is a small amount of written testimony to the occurrence of zebras 
or onagers in the mountains of Spain between the 10th and 13th 
centuries, probably imports from West Africa. They were widely 
dispersed from Galicia to Hstremadura and Andalusia. 
We are now in a position to enter more into detail with regard 
to the general characters of the Equide, We find that all present a 
mane or growth of long hair at the upper margin of the neck, which 
varies in length, colour, and arrangement. It is most highly de- 
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