THE GRJtVY OR SOMALLLAND ZEBRA. 2^3 



Stripes continued down to its pasterns. These leg stripes are 

 not so regularly defined as those of the mountain zebra. As 

 we may meet with specimens having all degrees of striping 

 on the legs, I would submit that the presence or absence of 

 stripes on the limbs is a mere question of individual or local 

 difference, and that the so-called Chapman zebra should not 

 be regarded as a distinct variety. 



The Gr^vy or Somali-land Zebra {Equus grivyi. 

 Fig. 365). This animal, which is found in Shoa and Somali- 

 land, closely resembles the mountain zebra in being striped 



Fig. 365. — The GRivY or Somali-land Zebri. 



down to the coronets, and in having the hair of its tail 

 collected as a tuft at the end. It differs, however, in being 

 white underneath the chest and abdomen, and in having white 

 patches on the rear part of the croup at each side of the stripe 

 down the back. Also, there are no transverse stripes on the 

 croup. The stripes are somewhat narrower than those of the 

 mountain zebra, and, in their arrangement, resemble them 

 more nearly than do those of the Burchell zebra, with which 

 it closely agrees in its conformation. The differences in the 

 stripes of these two animals are shown in Figs. ^^66 and 367. 



