ITS NEAKEST EXISTING RELATIONS 



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Equus burchelli is a rather larger and more robust 

 animal, with smaller ears, a longer mane, and fuller tail. 

 The general ground-colour of the body is pale yellowish 

 brown, the limbs nearly white, the stripes dark brown 

 or black. In the typical form the stripes do not extend 



Fig-. 13. — Burchell's Zebra (Equus burchelli). 



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

 Zoological Society's Gardens. The legs are more striped than is usual in 

 this species. 



on to the limbs or tail ; but there is great variation in this 

 respect, even in animals of the same herd, some being 

 striped quite down to the hoofs, as shown in the specimen 

 figured (this form has been named E. chapmani). There 

 is a strongly-marked median longitudinal ventral black 



