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PRJEVALSKT HORSES. 



Grevy Zebra, (Equus grevyi). — This picturesque species 

 was discovered in Abyssinia, when Jules Grevy was presi- 

 dent of Prance, and it was named in his honor. It is of 

 large size, covered with very narrow stripes all over its body, 

 head and limbs, and its huge ears are of remarkable form. 

 This species is limited to southern Abyssinia and British 

 East Africa southward to the Tana River. 



Grant Zebra, (Equus burchelli granti). — Of all the zebras 

 now seen in captivity, the great majority belong to what 

 very properly may be designated as the group of Burchell 

 Zebras. This group contains, besides the type species, which 

 has practically no stripes on its legs, four subspecies, whose 

 legs are more or less striped, and which may or may not 

 possess "shadow stripes" on the hind-quarters. A "shadow 

 stripe" is a faint, dark stripe in the middle of a wide white 

 or pale yellow stripe which lies between two broad black 

 stripes. 



Grant Zebra is the most heavily striped of the subspecies 

 composing the Burchell group. The visitor will observe 

 that its horizontal leg-stripes are very pronounced, and so 

 numerous that they are carried quite down to the hoofs. 

 The ground-color of the animal it. a cold white, and the 

 thigh and body stripes are very wide and intense. This 

 fine pair was captured in Masailand, East Africa, in 1902. 



