ZEBRA. 
This beautiful animal is denominated by 
Linnaeus, " Equus Zebra, Fasciis Fuscis Ver- 
sicolor from which it seems apparent, that he 
considered it as of the horse kind: Brisson, on 
the contrary, calls it " le Zebre, ou TAne 
Raye;" as being, in his opinion, of nearer 
affinity to the Ass. In Kolben's Cape of Good 
Hope, it is mentioned simply as the Wild Ass ; 
while Klein decidedly names it, Equus Ferus 
genera suo," the Wild Horse of it's own kind. 
Zebra, or some word of similar sound, seems 
to be it's general appellation. In Congo, it is 
called Zebra, Zevera, and Sebra ; and, accord- 
ing to Pyrard, Esvre in Angola. 
Pennant considers the Zebra as the most ele- 
gant of all quadrupeds ; and Bulfbn, after ex- 
pressing the same opinion, says, that it has the 
figure and gracefulness of the horse, united 
|With the nimbleness of the stag. It is gene- 
rally smaller than the horse, and larger than 
the 
