The origin and influence of the thoroughbred horse . Fig. 35. Burchells Zebra (Grants Variety), from Kilima Ndjaro^ stripes across the croup suggestive of the gridiron of theMountain Zebra, the root of the tail having spots rather thanstripes, and there are long black hairs at the tip of the tail,and the stripes on the forehead are often arched, as in theSomali Zebra-. 1 From a photograph kindly sent me by Mr Carl Hagenbeck.^ Hayes, op. cit., pp. 664-5 (who cites De Winton). 70 THE EXISTING EQUIDAE [CH. (IG) Grants Zebra^ (Eqaus hurchelli var. granti) is a variety(Figs. 30-5) of the Burchell Z
The origin and influence of the thoroughbred horse . Fig. 35. Burchells Zebra (Grants Variety), from Kilima Ndjaro^ stripes across the croup suggestive of the gridiron of theMountain Zebra, the root of the tail having spots rather thanstripes, and there are long black hairs at the tip of the tail,and the stripes on the forehead are often arched, as in theSomali Zebra-. 1 From a photograph kindly sent me by Mr Carl Hagenbeck.^ Hayes, op. cit., pp. 664-5 (who cites De Winton). 70 THE EXISTING EQUIDAE [CH. (IG) Grants Zebra^ (Eqaus hurchelli var. granti) is a variety(Figs. 30-5) of the Burchell Zebra, closely resembling Chapmans,from which it only differs (1) by the dark bands on the legsbeing more sharply defined, (2) by the white spaces on neck andcheeks being broader, (3) by its having no shadow is found in British East Africa and German East Fig. 36. Matopo, Prof. Ewarts Chapman Zebra. (17) The Quagga or Quacha (Equus quagga), so-calledfrom its neigh, is now probably as extinct as the Moa and theDodo, although it is not very long since living specimens werein European collections. Down to the middle of the last century 1 Proc. Zool. Soc. 1883 (Notes on the zebra met with by the Speke andGrant Expedition in Eastern Africa, by Col. J. A. Grant, ), p. 175, withwoodcut of head, p. 176. My illustration (Fig. 30) is from an electrotype of theblock just mentioned, which the Council of the Zoological Society has kindlypermitted me to have made. n] THE EXISTING EQUIDAE 7T it roamed in immense herds over the plains of Cape Cohjny, theOrange River Colony, and part of Griqualand West, but itappears never to have been found north of the Vaal closely resembled Burchells zebra, being more like thehorse than the ass, though like some North-African horsesand Celtic ponies it had no chestnuts on the hind legs. Itapproached t
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