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QUAGGA. 



Equus Quagga. E. supra castaneus fascm fuscis, ad latera ma* 

 culatus, subtus, pedibus crurihusque albiis. Lin. Si/st. Nat, 

 Gmel. p, 213. 



Subferniginous Horse, whitish beneathj striped above with 



brown, spotted towards the hind parts. 

 Opeagha, or Quagga of the Hottentots. Massons Travels , Phil, 



Trans, vol. 66. p, 297. 

 Le Kwagga, ou Couagga. Sonninis Buff. vol. 29. p, 380. pi. 6. 

 Female Zebra, Edw. pi. 223,? 

 Quagga. Pennant Quadr. i. p, 14. 



This animal, which till lately had been con- 

 founded with the Zebra, is now acknowledged as 

 a distinct species, much allied to the former, but 

 marked with fewer and larger bands, Avhich arc 

 of a browner colour than in the Zebra, and are 

 chiefly disposed on the fore parts of the animal ; 

 while the hind parts are rather spotted than strip- 

 ed. The 'ground colour also of the Quagga is of 

 a ferruginous tinge, especially on the thighs and 

 back. It is of a milder or more docile nature 

 than the Zebra, and is said to have been success- 

 fully used by some of the Dutch colonists at the 

 Cape, in tlie manner of a horse, for draught, See. 

 It inhabits the same parts of Africa as the Zebra, 

 but is found in separate herds ; never associating 

 with that species. 



