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SOMALILAND 
The Horse (LJquus vulgaris). 
Bred by nearly every tribe in Somaliland. 
Ugly-looking brute as a rule, but fine mover over rough ground. Stands 
about 13|^ to 14 hands high; never shod. Used by the Somalis for 
fighting. 
I saw a few handsome fat ponies being watered at Odewein. 
Grevy’s Zebra {Eguus grevyi). 
Found in the Boorgha country, South-West Somaliland, and from Bun 
Feroli (Zebra Plain) to the Webbi Shebeyli, where it is common. At 
Bun Feroli I frequently saw a herd, or collection of herds, numbering 
upwards of 80 to 100 animals. 
Length of males from tip of nose to end of tail (head stretched out straight), 
8 feet 8 inches, 10 feet 7 inches, 10 feet 6 inches ; average girth, 4 feet 
9 inches ; breadth of ears, 7 inches. A magnificent-looking animal, very 
massively built, and far superior in size and beauty of marking to the 
comparatively miserable looking Burchell’s zebra seen in shows. Ears 
enormously broad, tipped with white, and having a band of dark brown 
below and behind, 4j inches broad ; broad bands of dark brown on neck, 
from f inch to inches broad ; front of face most beautifully marked 
in white and brown stripes ; bands broader on body, narrow on legs ; 
dark brown band down back and tail, the latter striped and spotted 
with brown. Stripes vary enormously" in different skins. 
Somali Wild Ass {Equiis nubianus somalicus). 
Found in Guban, the great maritime plain between the sea and the Gulis 
range of mountains. I encountered one herd between Hargaisa and 
Berbera, two out of which I bagged with difficulty. Said to be found 
south of Upper Sheik, but I never encountered their tracks there. 
Length before skinning from tip of nose to end of tail, 7 feet 2 inches ; 
greatest girth, 3 feet 9 inches. Colour a beautiful French gray ; no 
black stripe down the back and across the shoulders ; belly white ; 
white round eyes, and white nose ; ears long and narrow ; dark brown 
mane ; legs white, striped narrowly with irregular bands of dark brown. 
A massive and handsome animal, very difficult to approach. 
The Abyssinian Hyrax {Procavia abyssinica). 
To be looked for on the Abyssinian and Shoan boundaries. 
‘ Fur coarse and fairly long ; colour mottled gray-brown, varying towards 
either olive or ferruginous ; some specimens marked by rufous over the 
greater part of the back ; the hairs dark brown at their bases and black 
at their tips, with a broad subterminal band of dirty yellow ; dorsal 
spot very small, oval, more inconspicuous than in any other species, and 
sometimes scarcely to be found.’ 
The Shoan Hyrax {Procavia shoana). 
Shoan boundaries, among rocks. 
Fur very long, soft and fine. ‘ Size very large ; form stout and heavy ; 
general colour grizzled olivaceous gray. The greater breadth of the 
yellow ring, and the larger number of the straight hairs as compared with 
the woolly under fur, quite take away the appearance of fine speckling. 
