WILD ASSES AND ZEBRAS 
In habits I found GrGvy’s zebras very similar to Burchell’s, and where 
the ranges of the two species overlap they are often found feeding together. 
The first Gravy’s zebra I ever saw was a single stallion accompanying a 
large herd of Burchell’s, and a few days later I saw three Burchell’s 
zebras with a herd of twenty or thirty GrCvy’s. Further down the Gwas 
N’yiro river we met with Gravy’s zebras almost every day, but they were 
usually either alone or only two together. I never met with anything but 
small herds of from four or five to eight or nine individuals. Often a mare 
would be alone with a big foal, but I also saw mares with very small foals. 
The country through which the northern Gwas N’yiro flows is for the 
most part covered with bush, which is sometimes very dense, and in 
places fairly open. Here and there, too, there are large open spaces, 
altogether free from bush. It appeared to me that GrCvy’s zebras were 
very partial to these open spaces, though I came across them in the 
open bush as well. But I never met with one of these animals in the 
really dense bush. 
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