The origin and influence of the thoroughbred horse . Fig. 34. Burchells Zebra (Grants Variety). shows in its colouring at least one point of contact with theSomali species. It is about 132 hands high, and in thegeneral disposition of its stripes closely resembles Chapmans 1 Ann. Mag. Nat. HUt. ser. 7, Vol. x. (1902), p. 306; ibid. 1 Nov. 1904. 2 E. Crawshay, Proc. of Zoolog. Soc, 1895, p. 688. Mr Crawsbay procuredhis specimen in the Henga country three days of Deep Bay, Lake Nyassa. 2 Penycuik Experiments, p. 10. ] THE EXISTING EQUIDAE 69 zebra, but the dark stripes upon the haunches are
The origin and influence of the thoroughbred horse . Fig. 34. Burchells Zebra (Grants Variety). shows in its colouring at least one point of contact with theSomali species. It is about 132 hands high, and in thegeneral disposition of its stripes closely resembles Chapmans 1 Ann. Mag. Nat. HUt. ser. 7, Vol. x. (1902), p. 306; ibid. 1 Nov. 1904. 2 E. Crawshay, Proc. of Zoolog. Soc, 1895, p. 688. Mr Crawsbay procuredhis specimen in the Henga country three days of Deep Bay, Lake Nyassa. 2 Penycuik Experiments, p. 10. ] THE EXISTING EQUIDAE 69 zebra, but the dark stripes upon the haunches are about thesame breadth as, or are slightly wider than, the interveninglight spaces, and it shows no intermediate shadow stripeswhatever; the spot above the nostrils is bright tan colour; thestripes of the body are almost pure black (in this respectresembling both the Grevy and Mountain Zebras), whilst theground colour varies from nearly pure white (as in the Grevyspecies) to nearly pale fawn, and there are several indistinct. 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 Africa.
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