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THE HOKSE 



parts of its limbs. If its identity with E. asinus is 

 admitted, the former name will no longer be required. 

 It differs from the Asiatic species in being of a more 

 pure grey and less rufous or yellowish colour, and 



Fig. 11. — African Wild Ass (Equus asinus) and foal. 



From a photograph by Major J. F. Nott of animals living in the Zoological 

 Society's Gardens. 



especially in the presence of a more or less distinct 

 vertical, black mark (sometimes faint and narrow) on 

 the shoulder, corresponding to the stripe so con- 

 stantly seen in the common domestic animals. Its 

 ears are also of greater length than in the Asiatic 



