. Elementary textbook of economic zoology and entomology. Zoology; Insect pests. DOMESTICATED ANIMALS 327 are abundant among the drawings made by late Glacial man on cave walls in Spain and France. About a dozen living natural species and sub-species of the genus Equus are known, including horses, asses, zebras, and the now nearly if not quite extinct quagga. Of domesticated races of horses and asses the number must run to more than a score of well-marked distinct breeds, varying in size from the. FIG. 140.—Arion, a record-holding American trotting horse. (After Plumb.) minute ponies of the no
. Elementary textbook of economic zoology and entomology. Zoology; Insect pests. DOMESTICATED ANIMALS 327 are abundant among the drawings made by late Glacial man on cave walls in Spain and France. About a dozen living natural species and sub-species of the genus Equus are known, including horses, asses, zebras, and the now nearly if not quite extinct quagga. Of domesticated races of horses and asses the number must run to more than a score of well-marked distinct breeds, varying in size from the. FIG. 140.—Arion, a record-holding American trotting horse. (After Plumb.) minute ponies of the north British islands to the great Clydes- dale and Percheron draught animals. Donkeys have been derived from two wild species, the Nu- bian Desert donkey, Equus taniopus, and the onager, Equus onager, of eastern Asia. Tame donkeys are figured in the earliest of Egyptian and Assyrian drawings and carvings. The races of domesticated hogs are also descended from two wild races, the European wild boar, Sus scrofa, and another. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Kellogg, Vernon L. (Vernon Lyman), 1867-1937; Doane, Rennie Wilbur, 1871-. New York, H. Holt and company
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