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UNGULATES. 
Sneuwberg, and Winterhock ranges, where they are strictly protected by special 
laws. 
Burchell’s zebra (. E. burchelli), commonly known by the Boers 
Burcheii s zebra. ^ quagga, is a rather stouter and taller animal than the last, 
standing from 4 feet 4 inches to 4 feet 6 inches (13 to 13^ hands) at the shoulder. 
It is further distinguished by its shorter ears, longer and more fully-developed 
mane, and more thickly-haired tail, as well as by the absence of the transverse 
bars connecting the stripe on the middle of the back with the uppermost of those 
burchell’s zebra nat. size). 
on the haunches, and likewise by the union of every alternate body-stripe with its 
fellow on the middle of the under surface of the body. In the typical form (as 
represented in our illustration) the tail and legs are quite devoid of stripes, but in 
the so-called Chapman’s zebra, which is only a variety of this species, both may be 
striped, although the stripes never extend on to the pasterns. The general ground¬ 
colour of the hair varies from white to yellowish brown, and the stripes may be 
dark brown or black. The hoofs are said to be much more like those of a pony 
than are those of the preceding species. 
Distribution Burchell’s zebra is a plain-dwelling animal, which never appears 
and Habits, to have ranged southwards of the Orange River. It now appears to 
be practically exterminated in the Transvaal, but is still to be met with in numbers 
