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wild Ass {Equus onager). It is dun-coloured, with a broad spinal 

 band like that of Burchell's Zebra, and faint transverse stripes 

 above the hoofs. 



Fig. 50.— Common Zebra, from a photograph by Mr. Gambier Bolton, F.Z.S. 



The three Figs. 50-52 show with what perfection and complete- 

 ness striping in the skin can be evolved in the genus Equus. They 

 represent three variations of Zebra, viz., the common Zebra, 



