ZEBRAS. 



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broader dorsal stripe, bordered with white ; the colour varying from 

 sandy to greyish. This species ranges from Baluchistan and 

 N.W. India to Persia, Syria and Arabia. 



These Asses inhabit desert plains, or open tableland ; the Kiang 

 dwelling at elevations of about 14,000 feet. They are generally 

 found in herds of from twenty to forty, although occasionally in 

 larger numbers. All are fleet, and traverse rough ground with 

 speed. On the lowlands they feed on dry grasses, and in Tibet on 

 small woody plants. In India and Persia they are difficult to 

 approach, although this is not the case in Tibet. 

 The Zebras ^ e1 ° ras anc ^ Q ua gg as > which are confined to Africa j"L ower 

 j n south of the Sahara, are recognisable by being Mammal 



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more or less fully striped, lhe largest is Cxrevy s Cases 

 Zebra (Equus grevyi, 1025, fig. 4), distinguished by its large and 38 & 39.] 

 broad ears, which are very hairy inside, the narrow and more 

 numerous stripes, with a peculiar arrangement of their own, the 

 tall mane, extending on to the withers, and the thickly-haired tail. 

 A second subgroup is represented by the Quagga ( Equus quagga, 

 1017), now extinct, and BurchelPs Zebra (Equus bur c he Hi) , locally 

 known as the Bonte-Quagga (1018). They have small narrow 

 ears, broader stripes, which extend across the lower surface of the 

 body, and smaller manes. In the Quagga, a South African species, 

 the stripes are confined to the head and fore-part of the body. In 

 the typical race of BurcheiPs Zebra, now nearly extinct, but formerly 

 abounding on the plains north of the Orange River, the lower 

 part of the hind-quarters and both legs were devoid of stripes. 

 Further north there are numerous races of this species, such as 

 E. burchelli crawshayi (1019) in which the legs are more or less 

 fully striped, while in E. burchelli granti (1020), of N.E. Africa, 

 the striping extends to the hoofs. In that race the stripes are 

 alternately black and white, instead of brown or buff, without the 

 intervening ee shadow-stripes," of the southern races. Lastly^ 

 there is the True or Mountain Zebra (Equus zebra, 1024) of the 

 Mountains of Cape Colony, represented in Angola by E. z. 

 penricei. In this animal the ears are longer and the whole build 

 is much more like that of the African Wild Asses, although the 

 direction of the hair along the spine is reversed. The stripes do 

 not extend across the under surface of the body; a distinctive 



