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not appear to have been common till after the time of 

 Queen Elizabeth. 



Striped Members of the Asinine Group of 

 EquiDjE. — These are all inhabitants of the continent 

 of Africa. The animal of this group which was first 

 known, to Europeans, and was formerly considered the 



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Fig-. 12. — Common or Mountain Zebra (Uquus zebra). 



From a photograph by Mr. Gambier Bolton of an animal living in the 

 Zoological Society's Gardens, 



most common, is the true zebra (JEqyms zebra. Linn.), 

 sometimes called the mountain zebra. It inhabits the 

 mountainous region of the Cape Colony, but now, owing 

 to the advances of civilised man into its somewhat 

 restricted range, it has become very scarce, and is at 

 present limited to a narrow tract near the northern 



