168 THE LIVING ANIMALS OF THE WORLD 
being black and the muzzle 
bright brown. Both hind and 
fore legs are banded down to 
the hoofs. The stripes on the 
neck and body are narrower 
and more numerous than in 
Burchell’s zebra, and on the 
hindquarters the median 
stripe, which runs down the 
centre of the back from the 
mane to the tail, is connected 
with the uppermost of the 
oblique longitudinal stripes by 
a series of short horizontal 
bars. The ears in this species 
are much larger than in 
Burchell’s zebra. 
GREVY'S ZEBRA The true zebra seems 
This species of zebra come from the Galla country, and bas narrower and more numerous stripes aos to have been an aa 
ibawtibe wicuniatneeebea habitant of the plains, like 
all its congeners, but to have 
confined its range entirely to mountainous districts. Speaking on this point, Captain (after- 
wards Sir) Cornwallis Harris wrote upwards of sixty years ago: “ This beautiful and wary 
animal never of its own free will descends into the plain, as erroneously asserted by all natural- 
ists, and it therefore never herds with either of its congeners, the quagga and Burchell’s zebra, 
whose habitat is equally limited to the open and level lowlands. Seeking the wildest and most 
sequestered spots, the haughty troops are exceedingly difficult of approach, as well on account of 
their watchful habits and extreme agility and fleetness of foot, as from the abrupt and inaccessible 
nature of their highland abode.” . 
An allied species, of which examples have been obtained by Mr. G. W. Penrice, occurs in 
Benguela, Portuguese West Africa. 
I once saw the carcase of a zebra stallion which had been sent by rail to the Cape Town 
Museum by a farmer living in the neighbourhood of the village of Worcester. This animal had 
come down from the mountains, and joined a troop of donkeys running on the farm. Its intrusion 
was, however, resented by a male donkey, which fought with and overpowered it, and, having 
seized it with its teeth by the back of the neck, held it fast until it was secured by the farmer and 
his men. The captured animal, however, refused food, and soon died, when its carcase was sent 
to the Cape Museum for preservation. 
Grevy's ZeBra is the largest and perhaps the handsomest of all the zebras. This fine 
animal is an inhabitant of Eastern Africa, its range extending from the central portion of 
Somaliland southwards to the Tana River. It appears to be plentiful in the country between 
Mount Kenia and Lake Rudolph, but has not, I believe, been met with to the west of that lake. 
Full-grown specimens of Grevy’s zebra will stand from 14% to 15 hands at the shoulder, with a 
girth of body immediately behind the shoulders of nearly 5 feet. The arrangement of the stripes in 
this species differs considerably both from that of the mountain-zebra of the Cape Colony and also 
from Burchell’s zebra. The body-stripes are very narrow, numerous, and deep black in colour, 
and are separated by equally narrow white bands. The longitudinal stripes on the haunches 
are also shorter and finer than in any other species of zebra, and on the top of the centre of the 
back from the neck to the tail. The belly and insides of the thighs are white, and the legs banded 
right down to the hoofs as in the mountain-zebra, and the ears are as large as in that species. 
Photo by WP. Dando 
