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Quadrupedi 
THE ZEBRA. (Equus Zebra.) 
This is one of the most elegantly marked quadrupeds in 
nature. He is striped all over with the most pleasing 
regularity ; in size he resembles the mule, being smaller 
than the horse, and larger than the ass. The hair of his 
skin is uncommonly smooth, and he looks at a distance 
like an animal that some fanciful hand has surrounded 
with ribbons of white or buff, and jet black. He is a 
native of Southern Africa — chiefly of the Cape of Good 
Hope, where he resides amongst the mountains. In 
these solitudes the Zebra has nothing to restrain his 
liberty. He is too shy to be caught in traps, and there- 
fore seldom taken alive. Were the Zebra inured to our 
climate,, there is little doubt but he might be soon 
domesticated. The black cross which the ass bears 
on his back and shoulders indicates the affinity between 
these two animals. The Zebra feeds in the same man- 
ner as the horse, ass, and mule : and seems to delight 
