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The KiANG. Jsi7ms Kiang. 
Fur short, smooth, pale reddish (in winter long-, rather woolly, greyish), with a broad, longitudinal 
dorsal streak, broadest over the small of the back, without any cross band on shoulder. Skull : 
the infraorbital foramen low down, in the centre of the space between the face-line and the base 
of the teeth, and placed in a line over the back edge of the second grinder, some distance in front 
of the end of the cheek-ridge. 
Equus Kiang, Lesson, Manuel. — Gray, Proc. Zool. See. 1849, 29. — Asinus polyodon, Hodgson, Calcutta Journ. 
N. H. 1847, 469. t. 6, animal and skull. 
Inhabits Thibet, 
A fine specimen in the British Museum, presented by Lord GifTord, and several skulls presented by 
Mr. Hodgson. 
The Zebras of South Africa have, besides the black dorsal streak, many more or less distinct trans- 
verse or curved streaks on the body ; they have rather short, broad-tipped ears. 
Those which live on the open plains have rather expanded hoofs, slightly concave beneath, and the legs 
not streaked. 
The QuAGGA. Asinus Quagga. 
Head, neck and back brown ; head, neck and withers blackish streaked ; lower part of body, legs 
and tail white ; hoofs flattish beneath. 
Equus Quagga, Gmelin, S. N. i. 213.— Schreb. Saugth. t. 317.— F. Cuvier, Diet. Sci. Nat. vii. 473. t. 
Harris, W. A. A. t. 2. — Asinus Quagga, Gray, Zool. Journ. i. 246. — Female Zehra, Edw. Glean, i. t. 223. 
— Le Couagga, Buifon, H. N. Supp. iii. t. 4. — Cuvier, Menag. Mus. t. . — F. Cuvier, Mamm. Lith. t. . 
—Kwagga or Couagga, Buff. Supp. vi. 85.—Opeagha or Quagga, Masson, Phil. Trans. Ixvi. 297. — Quagga, 
Shaw, Zool. ii. 240. — Quacha, Penn. Quad. i. 14. 
Inhabits Cape of Good Hope, in open plains. 
The Peetsi or Peechi. Asinus Burcliellii. 
Pale brown ; under side of body whitish ; head, body and upper part of legs black streaked ; tail, 
inside and lower part of legs white ; hoofs rather broad, only slightly concave beneath. Skull : 
suborbital foramen as in E. Hemionus. 
Equus Zehra, Burchell, Travels, i. 139. vig. at p. 2B2.— Asinus Burchellii, Gray, Zool. Journ. ii. 247. t. 9. 
f. 1. animal, f. 2. hoof, 1824. — Equus Zebroides, Lesson, Man. 346. — Equus Burchellii, Fischer, Syn. 
Mamm. 432.— Equa Zehra (male), Cuvier, Menag. Mus. t. .—Equus montanus (Le Dauw), F. Cuvier, 
Mamm. Lith. t. . female and foal (not BuvchelV}.— Burchell' s Zehra, Harris, W. A. A. t. 6.— Striped 
or Bonte Quagga, Cape Colonists, Harris, I. c. 7.—Peet-sey of the Matabuh and Bechianas.— F. Cu- 
vier, Mamm. Lith. t. 
Inhabits S. Africa, in open plains. 
M. F. Cuvier has applied the Hottentot name for the True Zebra to this species, and uses for it the 
later name that Burchell gave to that animal, E. montanus, though it only inhabits the plains. 
Those which live on the mountains have narrow hoofs, deeply concave beneath, and the legs are 
banded. 
The Zebra. Asinus Zebra. 
White ; head, body, and legs to the hoofs black-banded ; nose reddish ; belly and inside of thighs 
not banded ; tail, end blackish ; hoofs narrow, deeply concave beneath. Skull : suborbital fora- 
men as in E. Hemionus. 
Zehra Indica, Aldrov. Sohd. 416. fig.— Raii Syn. 64.— Equus Indicus, Jonston, Quad. t. 5.—E. Brasiliensis, 
Jacob. Mus. Reg. 3. t. 2. f. l.—Hippotigris, Dio Cass. Hist. 1. 77.— Equus Zehra, Linn. S. N. i. 101.— 
Schreb. Saugth. t. 316.— Asinus Zehra, Gray, Zool. Journ. ii. 248. t. 9. f. 3, h.oois.— Equus montanus, 
Burchell, Travels, i. 139, 265, ii. 270.— Harris, W. A. Afr. t. 24. f. l.—Male Zehra, Edw^ards, Glean, i. 
t. 222.— Zehre, BuiFon, H. N. xii. t. 12.— Zehra, Raii Quad. 69.— Penn.— *%Jra, ^ivihh.— Wild Paard or 
Wild Horse, Dutch Colonists, Burchell's Trav.— Harris, c. 7.—Daow (or True Zehra}, Cape Colonists.— 
Harris, c. 7.— Wilder Esel, Kolhe.—Zeura or Zuora, Lobo, Abyss, i. 291?— WW Ass, Kolben, Cape, ii. 112. 
