FEMALE ZEBRA. 
thighs, are white, and free fVo:n spots or stripes. 
The ears, he remarks, are shorter than those of 
the Zehra. 
*• This animal, and the Zebra," says Pennant, 
*' have been confounded together, and considered 
as Male and Female ; but, in each species, the 
sexes agree in colour and marks ; unless that 
those in the Male are more vivid. Sir Joseph 
Banks," he adds, " enabled me first to sepa- 
rate them, by the remarks he communicated 
to me on a Quagga he saw at the Cape in 
1771. They keep in vast herds, like the 
Zebra, but usually in different tra6ls of 
country, and never mix together. They are 
of a thicker and stronger make ; and, from 
the few trials which have been made, prove of 
a more docile nature. A Quagga caught 
young has been known to lose it's savage dis- 
position, and run to receive the caresses of 
mankind ; and tb.ci e have been instances of it's 
being broke so far as to draw in a team with 
the common Horse. It is said to be fearless of 
the Hyitna, and even to attack and })ursue that 
fierce animal ; so that, according to Sparman, 
it proved an excellent guard to the Horses with 
whicli 
