CHAPTER XII. 
THE HORSE TRIBE, 
ZEBRAS AND WILD ASSES, 
BY F. C. SELOUS. 
ZEBRAS. 
HE Zesras have many points in common with the asses, from which latter group of 
animals they are principaily distinguished by their beautifully striped skins. Both 
asses and zebras. carry 
short, erect manes, and in both the 
upper portion of the tail is free from 
long hair. In both groups there are 
naked callosities on the fore legs only, 
whilst the head is larger in propor- 
tion to the size of the animal, and 
the ears longer than inthe horse. In 
BurcHELL’s and Grevy’s ZEBRAS the 
hoof is intermediate between that of 
the horse and the ass ; for although 
narrower than the hoof of the horse, it 
is broader and more rounded than that 
of the ass. In the TruEe ZEBRA, how- 
ever, the hoof is thoroughly asinine 
in character, and the ears very long. 
The True or Mountain ZEBRA 
appears never to have had a very 
extended range. It was once an 
inhabitant of all the mountainous 
regions of the Cape Colony as well 
as of the great Drakensberg Range, 
and fifty years ago was also found 
amongst the rugged hills of Great 
Namaqualand. The mountain-zebra 
is the smallest of the group, standing 
only from 12 to 12% hands at the 
shoulder. It is a most beautiful 
animal, the whole of the head, body, 
and limbs, with the exception of the Photo by G. W. Wilson & Co., Ltd. 
under-parts and the insides of the MOUNTAIN-ZEBRA 
thighs, being str ip ed. The gt ound- The true or mountain zebra is now becoming scarcer than formerly. 4t one time it 
colour of the body is white, the stripes was to be seen in great numbers on the tains of Cape Colony 
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