THE LIFE OF MAMMALS 
and compactness of the hoofs, indicating a long career on hard, 
stony ground — they are a desert race. Tegetmeier ” asserts 
that they are peculiar in carrying the foals twelve months 
instead of eleven, as do horses and zebras. 
The wild asses are much alike, and are now regarded by Blan- 
ford and other special students as divisible into only two species, 
— one Asiatic and the other African. The Asiatic species stands 
ASIATIC WILD ASS OR KIANG, 
eleven to twelve hands high, has moderately sized ears and a 
rather long, well-haired tail, and the general hue is reddish, 
with a darker stripe along the spine, but none on the withers. 
The African asses are larger (fourteen hands high), have much 
larger ears, shorter mane, and the tail scantily haired. The gen- 
eral hue is gray, with no reddish tinge, and the muzzle, a throat 
patch, and the belly are white; and a dark stripe runs along 
the spine and down each of the withers. Both species show ob- 
scure dark bars upon the legs, but all the colorings and mark- 
ings are variable in amount and form. 
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